#516FE2#516FE2

#516FE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.178 H 269.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516FE2
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 226)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(228, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 50.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 25.23, -61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 66.86, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0024 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.178 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8006, 18.6071, 74.3267)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516FE2 #E2C451

analogous

#51B8E2 #516FE2 #7B51E2

triadic

#516FE2 #E2516F #6FE251

tetradic

#516FE2 #E251B8 #E2C451 #51E27B

square

#516FE2 #E251B8 #E2C451 #51E27B

split-complementary

#516FE2 #E27B51 #B8E251

monochromatic

#1A369E #2347D3 #516FE2 #859AEB #BAC6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#516FE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#516FE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516FE2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516FE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516FE2	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516fe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.178 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9097ec',
    500: '#516fe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516fe2;
$custom-light: #9097ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516fe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58025,
    "c": 0.17764,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516FE2

secondary

#E3D8AC

accent

#AB12D3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516FE2

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

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