#517CA2#517CA2

#517CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.076 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517CA2
RGB	rgb(81, 124, 162)
HSL	hsl(208, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 23.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, -3.91, -24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 25.22, 261.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% -0.0305 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.076 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1203, 18.7720, 36.8966)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517CA2 #A27751

analogous

#51A29F #517CA2 #5154A2

triadic

#517CA2 #A2517C #7CA251

tetradic

#517CA2 #9F51A2 #A27751 #54A251

square

#517CA2 #9F51A2 #A27751 #54A251

split-complementary

#517CA2 #A25154 #A29F51

monochromatic

#283E50 #3D5D79 #517CA2 #769ABA #9FB8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#517CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#517CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517CA2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517CA2	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6274A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 124, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.076 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a1bd',
    500: '#517ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517ca2;
$custom-light: #87a1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.148,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57067,
    "c": 0.07592,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517CA2

secondary

#BCA693

accent

#915EC9

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #517CA2

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

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