#516DBE#516DBE

#516DBE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.130 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516DBE
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 190)
HSL	hsl(225, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(225, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 42.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 14.24, -45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 47.92, 287.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% -0.0053 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.13 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1531, 16.4029, 50.9147)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516DBE #BEA251

analogous

#51A3BE #516DBE #6B51BE

triadic

#516DBE #BE516D #6DBE51

tetradic

#516DBE #BE51A3 #BEA251 #51BE6B

square

#516DBE #BE51A3 #BEA251 #51BE6B

split-complementary

#516DBE #BE6B51 #A3BE51

monochromatic

#283A6C #395299 #516DBE #7E92CF #AAB8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#516DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#516DBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516DBE

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516DBE	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A76C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.130 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96d2',
    500: '#516dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516dbe;
$custom-light: #8a96d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.587,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55242,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516DBE

secondary

#CDC19E

accent

#B453D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516DBE

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

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