#516afc

Color #516afc

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 10.96 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#516afc

RGB

rgb(81, 106, 252)

HSL

hsl(231.2, 96.6%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.2, 67.9%, 98.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.9%, 57.9%, 0%, 1.2%)

LAB

lab(50.78, 37.18, -75.55)

LCH

lch(50.78, 84.2, 296.2)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.2178, 270.79)

HWB

hwb(231.2, 31.8%, 1.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fce351

Analogous

#51c0fc

#516afc

#8d51fc

Triadic

#516afc

#fc516a

#6afc51

Split-complementary

#516afc

#fc8d51

#c0fc51

Tetradic

#516afc

#e351fc

#fce351

#6afc51

Square

#516afc

#fc51c0

#fce351

#51fc8d

Shades

Color #516afc mixed toward black.

#1a3bfb

#0423da

#031aa4

#02126d

#010937

Tints

Color #516afc mixed toward white.

#6e83fc

#8b9cfd

#a8b5fd

#c5cdfe

#e2e6fe

Tones

Color #516afc mixed toward gray.

#5f74ee

#6e7edf

#7c88d1

#8a92c3

#989cb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5de4 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#5b59dd · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#52cec8 · ΔE 42.3

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 29.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #516afc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516afc]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#516afc (#516afc) is rgb(81, 106, 252) in RGB.

No, #516afc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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