#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
RGBrgb(81, 123, 173)
HSLhsl(213, 36%, 50%)
HSVhsv(213, 53%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(53.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(50.61, 0.12, -31.02)
CIE-LCHlch(50.61, 31.02, 270.23°)
OKLaboklab(57.37% -0.0257 -0.0871)
OKLCHoklch(57.37% 0.091 253.5)
XYZxyz(18.0165, 18.9310, 42.2317)
Luminance0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##517BAD1.004.394.794.79
#FFFFFF4.391.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7921.001.001.00
##0000004.7921.001.001.00

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

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#517BAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva