#5172A3#5172A3

#5172A3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.086 H 258.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5172A3
RGB	rgb(81, 114, 163)
HSL	hsl(216, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 2.35, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 30.08, 274.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% -0.0178 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.086 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0193, 16.4272, 36.9699)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5172A3 #A38251

analogous

#519BA3 #5172A3 #5951A3

triadic

#5172A3 #A35172 #72A351

tetradic

#5172A3 #A3519B #A38251 #51A359

square

#5172A3 #A3519B #A38251 #51A359

split-complementary

#5172A3 #A35951 #9BA351

monochromatic

#283951 #3D557A #5172A3 #7692BB #9FB2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#5172A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#5172A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5172A3

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5172A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5172A3	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F75A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C7D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5172a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 114, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.086 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879abe',
    500: '#5172a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5172a3;
$custom-light: #879abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5172a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.854,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54814,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5172A3

secondary

#BCAC93

accent

#9E5ECA

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0E12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5172A3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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