#516FC2#516FC2

#516FC2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.133 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516FC2
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 194)
HSL	hsl(224, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(224, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 42.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 14.34, -46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 48.97, 287.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% -0.0068 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.133 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8121, 17.0117, 53.3207)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516FC2 #C2A451

analogous

#51A8C2 #516FC2 #6C51C2

triadic

#516FC2 #C2516F #6FC251

tetradic

#516FC2 #C251A8 #C2A451 #51C26C

square

#516FC2 #C251A8 #C2A451 #51C26C

split-complementary

#516FC2 #C26C51 #A8C251

monochromatic

#283B71 #37539E #516FC2 #7E95D2 #ACBAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#516FC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#516FC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516FC2

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516FC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516FC2	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A78C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516fc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.133 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b97d5',
    500: '#516fc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516fc2;
$custom-light: #8b97d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516fc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.071,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55912,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516FC2

secondary

#D0C39F

accent

#B450D8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #516FC2

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

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