#516FD6#516FD6

#516FD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.161 H 268.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516FD6
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 214)
HSL	hsl(226, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 48.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 21.12, -56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 60.19, 290.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% -0.0037 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.161 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2113, 17.9714, 65.9563)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516FD6 #D6B851

analogous

#51B1D6 #516FD6 #7551D6

triadic

#516FD6 #D6516F #6FD651

tetradic

#516FD6 #D651B1 #D6B851 #51D675

square

#516FD6 #D651B1 #D6B851 #51D675

split-complementary

#516FD6 #D67551 #B1D651

monochromatic

#21398C #2D4DBD #516FD6 #8398E2 #B4C1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#516FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#516FD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516FD6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516FD6	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F70D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.161 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e97e3',
    500: '#516fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516fd6;
$custom-light: #8e97e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.466,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57202,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516FD6

secondary

#DCD0A7

accent

#C043E5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516FD6

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

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