#516FA6#516FA6

#516FA6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.093 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516FA6
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 166)
HSL	hsl(219, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(219, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 33.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 5.13, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 33.29, 278.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% -0.0132 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.093 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9584, 15.8703, 38.2913)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516FA6 #A68851

analogous

#5199A6 #516FA6 #5D51A6

triadic

#516FA6 #A6516F #6FA651

tetradic

#516FA6 #A65199 #A68851 #51A65D

square

#516FA6 #A65199 #A68851 #51A65D

split-complementary

#516FA6 #A65D51 #99A651

monochromatic

#293854 #3D537D #516FA6 #7790BD #A1B2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#516FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#516FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516FA6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516FA6	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A73A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A7B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.093 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8798c0',
    500: '#516fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516fa6;
$custom-light: #8798c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54294,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516FA6

secondary

#BEAF95

accent

#A45DCA

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #516FA6

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

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