#517CC2#517CC2

#517CC2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.118 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517CC2
RGB	rgb(81, 124, 194)
HSL	hsl(217, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(217, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 36.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 6.36, -41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 41.56, 278.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0211 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.118 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3352, 20.0580, 53.8284)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517CC2 #C29751

analogous

#51B5C2 #517CC2 #5F51C2

triadic

#517CC2 #C2517C #7CC251

tetradic

#517CC2 #C251B5 #C29751 #51C25F

square

#517CC2 #C251B5 #C29751 #51C25F

split-complementary

#517CC2 #C25F51 #B5C251

monochromatic

#284471 #375F9E #517CC2 #7E9ED2 #ACC0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#517CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#517CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517CC2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517CC2	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F82C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5077C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 124, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.118 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa1d5',
    500: '#517cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517cc2;
$custom-light: #8aa1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.168,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58716,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517CC2

secondary

#D0BD9F

accent

#A450D8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0D0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #517CC2

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

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