#516FA1#516FA1

#516FA1 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.086 H 260.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516FA1
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 161)
HSL	hsl(218, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(218, 50%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 31.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 3.54, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 30.53, 276.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% -0.0146 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.086 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5087, 15.6904, 35.9226)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516FA1 #A18351

analogous

#5197A1 #516FA1 #5B51A1

triadic

#516FA1 #A1516F #6FA151

tetradic

#516FA1 #A15197 #A18351 #51A15B

square

#516FA1 #A15197 #A18351 #51A15B

split-complementary

#516FA1 #A15B51 #97A151

monochromatic

#283750 #3D5378 #516FA1 #758FBA #9EB0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#516FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#516FA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516FA1

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516FA1	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C72A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E7A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.086 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8698bd',
    500: '#516fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516fa1;
$custom-light: #8698bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5403,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516FA1

secondary

#BBAC93

accent

#A15FC9

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #516FA1

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

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