#516DC2#516DC2

#516DC2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.136 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516DC2
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 194)
HSL	hsl(225, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(225, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 43.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 15.58, -47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 50.18, 288.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% -0.0046 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.136 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5963, 16.5802, 53.2488)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516DC2 #C2A651

analogous

#51A6C2 #516DC2 #6E51C2

triadic

#516DC2 #C2516D #6DC251

tetradic

#516DC2 #C251A6 #C2A651 #51C26E

square

#516DC2 #C251A6 #C2A651 #51C26E

split-complementary

#516DC2 #C26E51 #A6C251

monochromatic

#283A71 #37519E #516DC2 #7E93D2 #ACB9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#516DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#516DC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516DC2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516DC2	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4777C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.136 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b96d5',
    500: '#516dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516dc2;
$custom-light: #8b96d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.133,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55491,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516DC2

secondary

#D0C49F

accent

#B650D8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #516DC2

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

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