#516DE7#516DE7

#516DE7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.187 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516DE7
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 231)
HSL	hsl(229, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(229, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 52.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 28.18, -65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 70.87, 293.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% -0.0002 -0.1868)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.187 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2809, 18.4540, 77.9209)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516DE7 #E7CB51

analogous

#51B8E7 #516DE7 #8051E7

triadic

#516DE7 #E7516D #6DE751

tetradic

#516DE7 #E751B8 #E7CB51 #51E780

square

#516DE7 #E751B8 #E7CB51 #51E780

split-complementary

#516DE7 #E78051 #B8E751

monochromatic

#1732A7 #1E42DC #516DE7 #879AEE #BDC7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#516DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#516DE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516DE7

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516DE7	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.187 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196ef',
    500: '#516de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516de7;
$custom-light: #9196ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57993,
    "c": 0.18679,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516DE7

secondary

#E6DCAE

accent

#B20ED8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #516DE7

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

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