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#516FDF

#516fdf ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#516fdf is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 43.53% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.68% cyan, 50.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 227.32°, with 68.93% saturation and 59.61% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 2.5.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1845

Complementary

  1. #516fdf
  2. #dfc151

Split complementary

  1. #516fdf
  2. #df7a51
  3. #b6df51

Analogous

  1. #51b6df
  2. #516fdf
  3. #7a51df

Triadic

  1. #516fdf
  2. #df516f
  3. #6fdf51

Tetradic

  1. #516fdf
  2. #c151df
  3. #dfc151
  4. #6fdf51

Square

  1. #516fdf
  2. #df51b6
  3. #dfc151
  4. #51df7a

Monochromatic

  1. #172d80
  2. #2344c0
  3. #516fdf
  4. #92a4eb
  5. #d2daf7

Shades

#516fdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #516fdf
  2. #4964c9
  3. #4159b2
  4. #394e9c
  5. #314386
  6. #293870
  7. #202c59
  8. #182143
  9. #10162d
  10. #080b16
  11. #000000

Tints

#516fdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #516fdf
  2. #627de2
  3. #748ce5
  4. #859ae9
  5. #97a9ec
  6. #a8b7ef
  7. #b9c5f2
  8. #cbd4f5
  9. #dce2f9
  10. #eef1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#516fdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #516fdf
  2. #5671d6
  3. #5a72cc
  4. #5f74c3
  5. #6476b9
  6. #6978b0
  7. #6d79a6
  8. #727b9d
  9. #777d93
  10. #7b7e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a74ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2f7ee3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00899c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3f78e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3270de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #177fbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-516fdf {
  color: #516fdf;
}
Background
.bg-516fdf {
  background-color: #516fdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-516fdf {
  border: 2px solid #516fdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #516fdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 111 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 69% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-516fdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #516fdf, #7a51df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-516fdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 111 223 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.50 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.77 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.07 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.64 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.03 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.28 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.74 #ae9020 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#516fdf  rgb(81, 111, 223)  hsl(227, 69%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#dfc151  rgb(223, 193, 81)  hsl(47, 69%, 60%)  Old Gold
#df516f  rgb(223, 81, 111)  hsl(347, 69%, 60%)  Blush
#6fdf51  rgb(111, 223, 81)  hsl(107, 69%, 60%)  Pastel Green