#516CE6#516CE6

#516CE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.187 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516CE6
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 230)
HSL	hsl(229, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(229, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 53%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 28.45, -64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 70.94, 293.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.0006 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.187 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0340, 18.1855, 77.1439)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516CE6 #E6CB51

analogous

#51B6E6 #516CE6 #8151E6

triadic

#516CE6 #E6516C #6CE651

tetradic

#516CE6 #E651B6 #E6CB51 #51E681

square

#516CE6 #E651B6 #E6CB51 #51E681

split-complementary

#516CE6 #E68151 #B6E651

monochromatic

#1831A5 #1F41DA #516CE6 #8799EE #BCC6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#516CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#516CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516CE6

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516CE6	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#167DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.187 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9195ef',
    500: '#516ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ce6;
$custom-light: #9195ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.128,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57729,
    "c": 0.18668,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516CE6

secondary

#E5DBAD

accent

#B30ED7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516CE6

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

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