#516DEA#516DEA

#516DEA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.191 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516DEA
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 234)
HSL	hsl(229, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(229, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 53.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 29.20, -66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 72.52, 293.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.191 270)
XYZ	xyz(23.7082, 18.6249, 80.1715)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516DEA #EACE51

analogous

#51B9EA #516DEA #8251EA

triadic

#516DEA #EA516D #6DEA51

tetradic

#516DEA #EA51B9 #EACE51 #51EA82

square

#516DEA #EA51B9 #EACE51 #51EA82

split-complementary

#516DEA #EA8251 #B9EA51

monochromatic

#1530AC #1B40E2 #516DEA #889BF1 #BEC9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#516DEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#516DEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516DEA

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516DEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516DEA	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516dea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.191 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196f2',
    500: '#516dea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516dea;
$custom-light: #9196f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516dea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.02,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58211,
    "c": 0.19078,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.18627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516DEA

secondary

#E8DDAF

accent

#B50BDB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #516DEA

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

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