#516DE6#516DE6

#516DE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.185 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516DE6
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 230)
HSL	hsl(229, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(229, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 52.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 27.83, -64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 70.32, 293.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0003 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.185 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1401, 18.3977, 77.1792)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516DE6 #E6CA51

analogous

#51B7E6 #516DE6 #7F51E6

triadic

#516DE6 #E6516D #6DE651

tetradic

#516DE6 #E651B7 #E6CA51 #51E67F

square

#516DE6 #E651B7 #E6CA51 #51E67F

split-complementary

#516DE6 #E67F51 #B7E651

monochromatic

#1832A5 #1F43DA #516DE6 #879AEE #BCC7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#516DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#516DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516DE6

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516DE6	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.185 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196ef',
    500: '#516de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516de6;
$custom-light: #9196ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.725,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57921,
    "c": 0.18545,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516DE6

secondary

#E5DBAD

accent

#B10ED7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516DE6

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

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