#517ABD#517ABD

#517ABD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.113 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517ABD
RGB	rgb(81, 122, 189)
HSL	hsl(217, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(217, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 5.92, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 39.94, 278.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.0201 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.113 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5350, 19.3409, 50.8380)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517ABD #BD9451

analogous

#51B0BD #517ABD #5E51BD

triadic

#517ABD #BD517A #7ABD51

tetradic

#517ABD #BD51B0 #BD9451 #51BD5E

square

#517ABD #BD51B0 #BD9451 #51BD5E

split-complementary

#517ABD #BD5E51 #B0BD51

monochromatic

#29426B #395D97 #517ABD #7D9CCE #AABEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#517ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#517ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517ABD

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517ABD	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5175BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 122, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.113 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa0d1',
    500: '#517abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517abd;
$custom-light: #8aa0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57997,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517ABD

secondary

#CCBB9E

accent

#A353D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #517ABD

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

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