#516CAE#516CAE

#516CAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.109 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516CAE
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 174)
HSL	hsl(223, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(223, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 37.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 9.57, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 39.46, 284.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% -0.0075 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.109 266)
XYZ	xyz(16.3933, 15.5293, 42.1698)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516CAE #AE9351

analogous

#519AAE #516CAE #6551AE

triadic

#516CAE #AE516C #6CAE51

tetradic

#516CAE #AE519A #AE9351 #51AE65

square

#516CAE #AE519A #AE9351 #51AE65

split-complementary

#516CAE #AE6551 #9AAE51

monochromatic

#2A385A #3E5284 #516CAE #7B8FC1 #A5B3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#516CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#516CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516CAE

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516CAE	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5272B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#227A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.109 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8895c6',
    500: '#516cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516cae;
$custom-light: #8895c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.581,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54074,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.1553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516CAE

secondary

#C2B699

accent

#AC5BCC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516CAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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