#517E97#517E97

#517E97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.063 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E97
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(201, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, -8.39, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 20.10, 245.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% -0.0371 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.063 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4381, 18.9042, 32.0548)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E97 #976A51

analogous

#51978D #517E97 #515B97

triadic

#517E97 #97517E #7E9751

tetradic

#517E97 #8D5197 #976A51 #5B9751

square

#517E97 #8D5197 #976A51 #5B9751

split-complementary

#517E97 #97515B #978D51

monochromatic

#263C47 #3C5D6F #517E97 #729CB3 #9AB8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#517E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#517E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517E97

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517E97	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.063 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a3b5',
    500: '#517e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e97;
$custom-light: #86a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57045,
    "c": 0.0627,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E97

secondary

#B69C8E

accent

#8561C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F3F6

border

#CBCDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E97

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

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