#516E97#516E97

#516E97 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.073 H 257.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E97
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 151)
HSL	hsl(215, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(215, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 1.04, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 25.61, 272.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% -0.0164 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.073 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5533, 15.1346, 31.4266)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E97 #977A51

analogous

#519197 #516E97 #575197

triadic

#516E97 #97516E #6E9751

tetradic

#516E97 #975191 #977A51 #519757

square

#516E97 #975191 #977A51 #519757

split-complementary

#516E97 #975751 #919751

monochromatic

#263447 #3C516F #516E97 #728DB3 #9AADC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#516E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#516E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E97

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E97	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.073 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8597b5',
    500: '#516e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e97;
$custom-light: #8597b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.143,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53296,
    "c": 0.07332,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E97

secondary

#B6A58E

accent

#9D61C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E97

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

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