#517BAD#517BAD

#517BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.091 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517BAD
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 173)
HSL	hsl(213, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(213, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 0.12, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 31.02, 270.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0257 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.091 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0165, 18.9310, 42.2317)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517BAD #AD8351

analogous

#51A9AD #517BAD #5551AD

triadic

#517BAD #AD517B #7BAD51

tetradic

#517BAD #AD51A9 #AD8351 #51AD55

square

#517BAD #AD51A9 #AD8351 #51AD55

split-complementary

#517BAD #AD5551 #A9AD51

monochromatic

#2A405A #3D5D83 #517BAD #7A9BC1 #A4BAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#517BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#517BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517BAD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517BAD	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F868D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.091 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a1c5',
    500: '#517bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517bad;
$custom-light: #88a1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.609,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57373,
    "c": 0.09078,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517BAD

secondary

#C2AF98

accent

#995CCC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #517BAD

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

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