#516FCE#516FCE

#516FCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516FCE
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 206)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(226, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 46.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 18.40, -52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 55.71, 289.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.0048 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.15 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2146, 17.5727, 60.7072)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516FCE #CEB051

analogous

#51AECE #516FCE #7251CE

triadic

#516FCE #CE516F #6FCE51

tetradic

#516FCE #CE51AE #CEB051 #51CE72

square

#516FCE #CE51AE #CEB051 #51CE72

split-complementary

#516FCE #CE7251 #AECE51

monochromatic

#243A80 #3250B0 #516FCE #8197DB #B1BEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#516FCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#516FCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516FCE

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516FCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516FCE	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516fce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97dd',
    500: '#516fce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516fce;
$custom-light: #8d97dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516fce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516FCE

secondary

#D7CBA4

accent

#BB48DF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #516FCE

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

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