#516EDE#516EDE

#516EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.173 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516EDE
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(228, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(228, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 24.48, -60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 65.26, 292.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% -0.0019 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.173 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1496, 18.1731, 71.4336)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516EDE #DEC151

analogous

#51B4DE #516EDE #7B51DE

triadic

#516EDE #DE516E #6EDE51

tetradic

#516EDE #DE51B4 #DEC151 #51DE7B

square

#516EDE #DE51B4 #DEC151 #51DE7B

split-complementary

#516EDE #DE7B51 #B4DE51

monochromatic

#1D3698 #2748CB #516EDE #8499E8 #B8C4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#516EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#516EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516EDE

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516EDE	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.173 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f97e9',
    500: '#516ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ede;
$custom-light: #8f97e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.66,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57549,
    "c": 0.17346,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516EDE

secondary

#E1D6AA

accent

#C73DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516EDE

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

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