#517C8E#517C8E

#517C8E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.055 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517C8E
RGB	rgb(81, 124, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 27%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 12.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, -9.86, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 17.46, 235.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% -0.038 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.055 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4818, 18.1166, 28.2670)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517C8E #8E6351

analogous

#518E81 #517C8E #515D8E

triadic

#517C8E #8E517C #7C8E51

tetradic

#517C8E #81518E #8E6351 #5D8E51

square

#517C8E #81518E #8E6351 #5D8E51

split-complementary

#517C8E #8E515D #8E8151

monochromatic

#253840 #3B5A67 #517C8E #6F9BAD #96B6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#517C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#517C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517C8E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517C8E	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 124, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.055 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a2af',
    500: '#517c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517c8e;
$custom-light: #85a2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 27.354,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5619,
    "c": 0.055,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517C8E

secondary

#B0968B

accent

#8064C4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #517C8E

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

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