#517ABA#517ABA

#517ABA is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.109 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517ABA
RGB	rgb(81, 122, 186)
HSL	hsl(217, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(217, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 34.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 4.93, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 38.33, 277.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0209 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.109 259)
XYZ	xyz(19.2127, 19.2120, 49.1407)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517ABA #BA9151

analogous

#51AFBA #517ABA #5C51BA

triadic

#517ABA #BA517A #7ABA51

tetradic

#517ABA #BA51AF #BA9151 #51BA5C

square

#517ABA #BA51AF #BA9151 #51BA5C

split-complementary

#517ABA #BA5C51 #AFBA51

monochromatic

#294168 #3A5D93 #517ABA #7D9BCB #A9BDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#517ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#517ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517ABA

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517ABA	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5375B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#028891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 122, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.109 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a0cf',
    500: '#517aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517aba;
$custom-light: #89a0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.571,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57831,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.19214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517ABA

secondary

#CAB89D

accent

#A255D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #517ABA

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

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