#516DCD#516DCD

#516DCD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.151 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516DCD
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(226, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 19.30, -52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 56.38, 290.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% -0.0029 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.151 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8777, 17.0927, 59.9975)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516DCD #CDB151

analogous

#51ABCD #516DCD #7351CD

triadic

#516DCD #CD516D #6DCD51

tetradic

#516DCD #CD51AB #CDB151 #51CD73

square

#516DCD #CD51AB #CDB151 #51CD73

split-complementary

#516DCD #CD7351 #ABCD51

monochromatic

#25397F #324EAF #516DCD #8195DB #B0BDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#516DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#516DCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516DCD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516DCD	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E79D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.151 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c96dd',
    500: '#516dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516dcd;
$custom-light: #8c96dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56198,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516DCD

secondary

#D7CBA3

accent

#BD49DF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #516DCD

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

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