#516EA8#516EA8

#516EA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.097 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516EA8
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 168)
HSL	hsl(220, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(220, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 6.39, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 34.95, 280.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% -0.0114 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.097 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0348, 15.7272, 39.2289)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516EA8 #A88B51

analogous

#519AA8 #516EA8 #6051A8

triadic

#516EA8 #A8516E #6EA851

tetradic

#516EA8 #A8519A #A88B51 #51A860

square

#516EA8 #A8519A #A88B51 #51A860

split-complementary

#516EA8 #A86051 #9AA851

monochromatic

#293855 #3D537F #516EA8 #788FBE #A1B2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#516EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#516EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516EA8

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516EA8	1.00	5.07	4.15	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5773AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#287B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.097 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8797c2',
    500: '#516ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ea8;
$custom-light: #8797c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54179,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516EA8

secondary

#BFB196

accent

#A65DCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #516EA8

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

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