#516CE2#516CE2

#516CE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.181 H 270.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516CE2
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 226)
HSL	hsl(229, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(229, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 52.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 27.09, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 68.73, 293.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.0003 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.181 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4787, 17.9634, 74.2194)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516CE2 #E2C751

analogous

#51B4E2 #516CE2 #7F51E2

triadic

#516CE2 #E2516C #6CE251

tetradic

#516CE2 #E251B4 #E2C751 #51E27F

square

#516CE2 #E251B4 #E2C751 #51E27F

split-complementary

#516CE2 #E27F51 #B4E251

monochromatic

#1A339E #2344D3 #516CE2 #8598EB #BAC5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#516CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#516CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516CE2

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516CE2	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.181 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095ec',
    500: '#516ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ce2;
$custom-light: #9095ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.828,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57441,
    "c": 0.18132,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516CE2

secondary

#E3D9AC

accent

#AF12D3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516CE2

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

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