#516EAA — Deep Blue

#516EAA is a deep blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium blue, and it is also commonly known as Blue, Cobalt Blue. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#516EAA
CSS Namesteelblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f3f5fb
100#e4eaf5
200#cedaef
300#adc1e7
400#86a2d9
500#6a8acb
600#5a78b7
700#48639c
800#3b5283
900#314571
950#1b2844

Accessibility

Contrast on white
5.05:1
Contrast on black
4.16:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.007 263.8); /* #f3f5fb */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.016 263.8); /* #e4eaf5 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.033 263.8); /* #cedaef */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.059 263.8); /* #adc1e7 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.087 263.8); /* #86a2d9 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.105 263.8); /* #6a8acb */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.103 263.8); /* #5a78b7 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.097 263.8); /* #48639c */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.086 263.8); /* #3b5283 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.078 263.8); /* #314571 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.055 263.8); /* #1b2844 */
}

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