#517B97#517B97

#517B97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.064 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B97
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 151)
HSL	hsl(204, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, -6.66, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 20.74, 251.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.0332 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.064 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0603, 18.1485, 31.9289)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B97 #976D51

analogous

#519790 #517B97 #515897

triadic

#517B97 #97517B #7B9751

tetradic

#517B97 #905197 #976D51 #589751

square

#517B97 #905197 #976D51 #589751

split-complementary

#517B97 #975158 #979051

monochromatic

#263A47 #3C5B6F #517B97 #7299B3 #9AB6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#517B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#517B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517B97

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517B97	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.064 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a1b5',
    500: '#517b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b97;
$custom-light: #86a1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56333,
    "c": 0.0638,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B97

secondary

#B69E8E

accent

#8A61C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B97

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

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