#517C8F#517C8F

#517C8F is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.056 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517C8F
RGB	rgb(81, 124, 143)
HSL	hsl(198, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, -9.57, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 17.75, 237.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% -0.0376 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.056 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5572, 18.1468, 28.6642)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517C8F #8F6451

analogous

#518F83 #517C8F #515D8F

triadic

#517C8F #8F517C #7C8F51

tetradic

#517C8F #83518F #8F6451 #5D8F51

square

#517C8F #83518F #8F6451 #5D8F51

split-complementary

#517C8F #8F515D #8F8351

monochromatic

#253841 #3B5A68 #517C8F #6F9BAE #97B6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#517C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#517C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517C8F

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517C8F	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)

#727A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 124, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.056 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a2af',
    500: '#517c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517c8f;
$custom-light: #85a2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 27.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56231,
    "c": 0.05582,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517C8F

secondary

#B1978B

accent

#8164C4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #517C8F

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

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