#516CB7#516CB7

#516CB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.121 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516CB7
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 183)
HSL	hsl(224, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(224, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 41%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 12.53, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 44.56, 286.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% -0.0055 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.121 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3003, 15.8921, 46.9464)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516CB7 #B79C51

analogous

#519FB7 #516CB7 #6951B7

triadic

#516CB7 #B7516C #6CB751

tetradic

#516CB7 #B7519F #B79C51 #51B769

square

#516CB7 #B7519F #B79C51 #51B769

split-complementary

#516CB7 #B76951 #9FB751

monochromatic

#293964 #3B528F #516CB7 #7C91C9 #A8B5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#516CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#516CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516CB7

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516CB7	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D74BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#147C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.121 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995cd',
    500: '#516cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516cb7;
$custom-light: #8995cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.118,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54603,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516CB7

secondary

#C8BC9C

accent

#B157D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516CB7

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

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