#517ABE#517ABE

#517ABE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.115 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517ABE
RGB	rgb(81, 122, 190)
HSL	hsl(217, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(217, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 35.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 6.25, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 40.48, 278.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0198 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.115 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6439, 19.3845, 51.4116)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517ABE #BE9551

analogous

#51B1BE #517ABE #5E51BE

triadic

#517ABE #BE517A #7ABE51

tetradic

#517ABE #BE51B1 #BE9551 #51BE5E

square

#517ABE #BE51B1 #BE9551 #51BE5E

split-complementary

#517ABE #BE5E51 #B1BE51

monochromatic

#28426C #395D99 #517ABE #7E9CCF #AABEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#517ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#517ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517ABE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517ABE	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5075BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 122, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.115 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa0d2',
    500: '#517abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517abe;
$custom-light: #8aa0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.431,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58052,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517ABE

secondary

#CDBB9E

accent

#A453D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #517ABE

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

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