#516EBE#516EBE

#516EBE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.129 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516EBE
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 190)
HSL	hsl(224, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(224, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 42.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 13.62, -45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 47.32, 286.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% -0.0064 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.129 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2604, 16.6175, 50.9504)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516EBE #BEA151

analogous

#51A4BE #516EBE #6A51BE

triadic

#516EBE #BE516E #6EBE51

tetradic

#516EBE #BE51A4 #BEA151 #51BE6A

square

#516EBE #BE51A4 #BEA151 #51BE6A

split-complementary

#516EBE #BE6A51 #A4BE51

monochromatic

#283A6C #395399 #516EBE #7E93CF #AAB8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#516EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#516EBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516EBE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516EBE	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B77C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.129 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97d2',
    500: '#516ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ebe;
$custom-light: #8a97d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.037,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55454,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516EBE

secondary

#CDC09E

accent

#B253D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516EBE

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

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