#516EE2#516EE2

#516EE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.179 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516EE2
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 226)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(228, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 51.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 25.85, -62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 67.48, 292.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0015 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.179 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6921, 18.3901, 74.2906)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516EE2 #E2C551

analogous

#51B7E2 #516EE2 #7C51E2

triadic

#516EE2 #E2516E #6EE251

tetradic

#516EE2 #E251B7 #E2C551 #51E27C

square

#516EE2 #E251B7 #E2C551 #51E27C

split-complementary

#516EE2 #E27C51 #B7E251

monochromatic

#1A359E #2346D3 #516EE2 #859AEB #BAC5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#516EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#516EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516EE2

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516EE2	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.179 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9097ec',
    500: '#516ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ee2;
$custom-light: #9097ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5783,
    "c": 0.17887,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516EE2

secondary

#E3D8AC

accent

#AD12D3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516EE2

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

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