#516FAE#516FAE

#516FAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.105 H 263.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516FAE
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 174)
HSL	hsl(221, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 36.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 7.71, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 37.74, 281.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% -0.0111 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.105 263.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7152, 16.1730, 42.2771)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516FAE #AE9051

analogous

#519EAE #516FAE #6151AE

triadic

#516FAE #AE516F #6FAE51

tetradic

#516FAE #AE519E #AE9051 #51AE61

square

#516FAE #AE519E #AE9051 #51AE61

split-complementary

#516FAE #AE6151 #9EAE51

monochromatic

#2A3A5A #3E5484 #516FAE #7B92C1 #A5B4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#516FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#516FAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516FAE

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516FAE	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5675B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#217D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.105 263.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8898c6',
    500: '#516fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516fae;
$custom-light: #8898c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54733,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 263.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516FAE

secondary

#C2B599

accent

#A85BCC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516FAE

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

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