#5174AE#5174AE

#5174AE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.099 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5174AE
RGB	rgb(81, 116, 174)
HSL	hsl(217, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(217, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 4.66, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 35.00, 277.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% -0.017 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.099 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2761, 17.2948, 42.4640)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5174AE #AE8B51

analogous

#51A3AE #5174AE #5C51AE

triadic

#5174AE #AE5174 #74AE51

tetradic

#5174AE #AE51A3 #AE8B51 #51AE5C

square

#5174AE #AE51A3 #AE8B51 #51AE5C

split-complementary

#5174AE #AE5C51 #A3AE51

monochromatic

#2A3C5A #3E5884 #5174AE #7B95C1 #A5B7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#5174AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#5174AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5174AE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5174AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5174AE	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D78B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5270AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5174ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 116, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.099 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889bc6',
    500: '#5174ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5174ae;
$custom-light: #889bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5174ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.419,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55843,
    "c": 0.09923,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5174AE

secondary

#C2B399

accent

#A25BCC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5174AE

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

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