#517C8A#517C8A

#517C8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.052 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517C8A
RGB	rgb(81, 124, 138)
HSL	hsl(195, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, -10.99, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 16.48, 228.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% -0.0397 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.052 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1868, 17.9986, 26.7137)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517C8A #8A5F51

analogous

#518A7B #517C8A #515F8A

triadic

#517C8A #8A517C #7C8A51

tetradic

#517C8A #7B518A #8A5F51 #5F8A51

square

#517C8A #7B518A #8A5F51 #5F8A51

split-complementary

#517C8A #8A515F #8A7B51

monochromatic

#24373D #3A5963 #517C8A #6E9BAA #95B6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#517C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#517C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517C8A

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517C8A	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B738A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 124, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.052 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a2ac',
    500: '#517c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517c8a;
$custom-light: #85a2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.737,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56029,
    "c": 0.0521,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517C8A

secondary

#AE9289

accent

#7C65C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #517C8A

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

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