#516CCE#516CCE

#516CCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.154 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516CCE
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 206)
HSL	hsl(227, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(227, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 47.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 20.27, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 57.56, 290.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% -0.0017 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.154 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8927, 16.9290, 60.5999)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516CCE #CEB351

analogous

#51ABCE #516CCE #7551CE

triadic

#516CCE #CE516C #6CCE51

tetradic

#516CCE #CE51AB #CEB351 #51CE75

square

#516CCE #CE51AB #CEB351 #51CE75

split-complementary

#516CCE #CE7551 #ABCE51

monochromatic

#243880 #324DB0 #516CCE #8194DB #B1BDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#516CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#516CCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516CCE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516CCE	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B78D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#256DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.154 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d95dd',
    500: '#516cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516cce;
$custom-light: #8d95dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.04,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56061,
    "c": 0.154,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516CCE

secondary

#D7CCA4

accent

#BF48DF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #516CCE

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

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