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#516FF6

#516ff6 ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#516ff6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 43.53% green and 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.07% cyan, 54.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 229.09°, with 90.16% saturation and 64.12% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 3.2.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1977

Complementary

  1. #516ff6
  2. #f6d851

Split complementary

  1. #516ff6
  2. #f68651
  3. #c2f651

Analogous

  1. #51c2f6
  2. #516ff6
  3. #8651f6

Triadic

  1. #516ff6
  2. #f6516f
  3. #6ff651

Tetradic

  1. #516ff6
  2. #d851f6
  3. #f6d851
  4. #6ff651

Square

  1. #516ff6
  2. #f651c2
  3. #f6d851
  4. #51f686

Monochromatic

  1. #0925a5
  2. #0c35ee
  3. #516ff6
  4. #9aabfa
  5. #e2e7fe

Shades

#516ff6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #516ff6
  2. #4964dd
  3. #4159c5
  4. #394eac
  5. #314394
  6. #29387b
  7. #202c62
  8. #18214a
  9. #101631
  10. #080b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#516ff6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #516ff6
  2. #627df7
  3. #748cf8
  4. #859af9
  5. #97a9fa
  6. #a8b7fb
  7. #b9c5fb
  8. #cbd4fc
  9. #dce2fd
  10. #eef1fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#516ff6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #516ff6
  2. #5671ea
  3. #5a72de
  4. #5f74d3
  5. #6476c7
  6. #6978bb
  7. #6d79af
  8. #727ba3
  9. #777d98
  10. #7b7e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d76b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0083fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0090a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2e7bf9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1472f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0084cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-516ff6 {
  color: #516ff6;
}
Background
.bg-516ff6 {
  background-color: #516ff6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-516ff6 {
  border: 2px solid #516ff6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #516ff6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 111 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 90% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-516ff6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #516ff6, #8651f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-516ff6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 111 246 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.20 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.18 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.77 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.14 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.91 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.46 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.02 #ae9009 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#516ff6  rgb(81, 111, 246)  hsl(229, 90%, 64%)  Ultramarine Blue
#f6d851  rgb(246, 216, 81)  hsl(49, 90%, 64%)  Naples Yellow
#f6516f  rgb(246, 81, 111)  hsl(349, 90%, 64%)  Neon Fuchsia
#6ff651  rgb(111, 246, 81)  hsl(109, 90%, 64%)  Neon Green