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#516BEA

#516bea ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#516bea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 41.96% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.38% cyan, 54.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 229.8°, with 78.46% saturation and 61.76% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 2.18.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1821

Complementary

  1. #516bea
  2. #ead051

Split complementary

  1. #516bea
  2. #ea8351
  3. #b8ea51

Analogous

  1. #51b8ea
  2. #516bea
  3. #8351ea

Triadic

  1. #516bea
  2. #ea516b
  3. #6bea51

Tetradic

  1. #516bea
  2. #d051ea
  3. #ead051
  4. #6bea51

Square

  1. #516bea
  2. #ea51b8
  3. #ead051
  4. #51ea83

Monochromatic

  1. #112791
  2. #1a39d5
  3. #516bea
  4. #95a5f2
  5. #dadffa

Shades

#516bea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #516bea
  2. #4960d3
  3. #4156bb
  4. #394ba4
  5. #31408c
  6. #293675
  7. #202b5e
  8. #182046
  9. #10152f
  10. #080b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#516bea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #516bea
  2. #627aec
  3. #7489ee
  4. #8597f0
  5. #97a6f2
  6. #a8b5f5
  7. #b9c4f7
  8. #cbd3f9
  9. #dce1fb
  10. #eef0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#516bea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #516bea
  2. #566ddf
  3. #5a6fd5
  4. #5f71ca
  5. #6473c0
  6. #6976b5
  7. #6d78aa
  8. #727aa0
  9. #777c95
  10. #7b7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6972b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007dee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0070e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0089a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3276ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #206ee8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007ec2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-516bea {
  color: #516bea;
}
Background
.bg-516bea {
  background-color: #516bea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-516bea {
  border: 2px solid #516bea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #516bea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 107 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-516bea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #516bea, #8351ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-516bea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 107 234 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 2.18 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.65 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.37 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.03 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.36 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.23 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.27 #ae9415 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#516bea  rgb(81, 107, 234)  hsl(230, 78%, 62%)  Ultramarine Blue
#ead051  rgb(234, 208, 81)  hsl(50, 78%, 62%)  Naples Yellow
#ea516b  rgb(234, 81, 107)  hsl(350, 78%, 62%)  Neon Fuchsia
#6bea51  rgb(107, 234, 81)  hsl(110, 78%, 62%)  Neon Green