#516DCE#516DCE

#516DCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.153 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516DCE
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 206)
HSL	hsl(227, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(227, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 47.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 19.64, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 56.94, 290.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% -0.0028 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.153 269)
XYZ	xyz(19.9988, 17.1412, 60.6352)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516DCE #CEB251

analogous

#51ACCE #516DCE #7451CE

triadic

#516DCE #CE516D #6DCE51

tetradic

#516DCE #CE51AC #CEB251 #51CE74

square

#516DCE #CE51AC #CEB251 #51CE74

split-complementary

#516DCE #CE7451 #ACCE51

monochromatic

#243980 #324EB0 #516DCE #8195DB #B1BDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#516DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#516DCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516DCE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516DCE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.153 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d96dd',
    500: '#516dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516dce;
$custom-light: #8d96dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.56,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56264,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.17143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516DCE

secondary

#D7CCA4

accent

#BE48DF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #516DCE

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

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