#516FA9#516FA9

#516FA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.098 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516FA9
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 169)
HSL	hsl(220, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(220, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 6.09, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 34.95, 280.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% -0.0124 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.098 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2368, 15.9816, 39.7576)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516FA9 #A98B51

analogous

#519BA9 #516FA9 #5F51A9

triadic

#516FA9 #A9516F #6FA951

tetradic

#516FA9 #A9519B #A98B51 #51A95F

square

#516FA9 #A9519B #A98B51 #51A95F

split-complementary

#516FA9 #A95F51 #9BA951

monochromatic

#293956 #3D5480 #516FA9 #7990BF #A2B2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#516FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#516FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516FA9

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516FA9	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5874AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#277C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.098 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8798c3',
    500: '#516fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516fa9;
$custom-light: #8798c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.545,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54456,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516FA9

secondary

#C0B196

accent

#A65DCB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #516FA9

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

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