#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
RGBrgb(81, 122, 174)
HSLhsl(214, 36%, 50%)
HSVhsv(214, 53%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(53.4%, 29.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(50.36, 1.04, -31.98)
CIE-LCHlch(50.36, 32.00, 271.86°)
OKLaboklab(57.2% -0.0242 -0.0898)
OKLCHoklch(57.2% 0.093 254.9)
XYZxyz(17.9902, 18.7230, 42.7021)
Luminance0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##517AAE1.004.434.744.74
#FFFFFF4.431.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7421.001.001.00
##0000004.7421.001.001.00

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

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#517AAE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva