#517AAE#517AAE

#517AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.093 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517AAE
RGB	rgb(81, 122, 174)
HSL	hsl(214, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(214, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 29.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 1.04, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 32.00, 271.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% -0.0242 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.093 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9902, 18.7230, 42.7021)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517AAE #AE8551

analogous

#51A9AE #517AAE #5651AE

triadic

#517AAE #AE517A #7AAE51

tetradic

#517AAE #AE51A9 #AE8551 #51AE56

square

#517AAE #AE51A9 #AE8551 #51AE56

split-complementary

#517AAE #AE5651 #A9AE51

monochromatic

#2A3F5A #3E5D84 #517AAE #7B9AC1 #A5BAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#517AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#517AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517AAE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517AAE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A74AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 122, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.093 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a0c6',
    500: '#517aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517aae;
$custom-light: #88a0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.548,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57196,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517AAE

secondary

#C2B099

accent

#9B5BCC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #517AAE

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

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