#516EA9#516EA9

#516EA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.099 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516EA9
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 169)
HSL	hsl(220, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(220, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 6.71, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 35.50, 280.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% -0.0111 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.099 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1283, 15.7646, 39.7214)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516EA9 #A98C51

analogous

#519AA9 #516EA9 #6051A9

triadic

#516EA9 #A9516E #6EA951

tetradic

#516EA9 #A9519A #A98C51 #51A960

square

#516EA9 #A9519A #A98C51 #51A960

split-complementary

#516EA9 #A96051 #9AA951

monochromatic

#293856 #3D5380 #516EA9 #7990BF #A2B2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#516EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#516EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516EA9

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516EA9	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5773AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#277B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.099 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8797c3',
    500: '#516ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ea9;
$custom-light: #8797c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.227,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54234,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516EA9

secondary

#C0B296

accent

#A75DCB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #516EA9

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

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