#516CBC#516CBC

#516CBC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.129 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516CBC
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 188)
HSL	hsl(225, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(225, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 42.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 14.20, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 47.39, 287.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% -0.0046 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.129 268)
XYZ	xyz(17.8300, 16.1039, 49.7360)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516CBC #BCA151

analogous

#51A1BC #516CBC #6C51BC

triadic

#516CBC #BC516C #6CBC51

tetradic

#516CBC #BC51A1 #BCA151 #51BC6C

square

#516CBC #BC51A1 #BCA151 #51BC6C

split-complementary

#516CBC #BC6C51 #A1BC51

monochromatic

#29396A #3A5196 #516CBC #7D91CD #A9B7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#516CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#516CBC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516CBC

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516CBC	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4975BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#067E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.129 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95d0',
    500: '#516cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516cbc;
$custom-light: #8a95d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.86,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54907,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.16105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516CBC

secondary

#CCC09D

accent

#B454D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516CBC

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

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