#517EAC#517EAC

#517EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.087 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517EAC
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 172)
HSL	hsl(210, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, -1.97, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 29.21, 266.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.0296 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.087 250)
XYZ	xyz(18.2980, 19.6482, 41.8500)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517EAC #AC7F51

analogous

#51ABAC #517EAC #5251AC

triadic

#517EAC #AC517E #7EAC51

tetradic

#517EAC #AC51AB #AC7F51 #51AC52

square

#517EAC #AC51AB #AC7F51 #51AC52

split-complementary

#517EAC #AC5251 #ABAC51

monochromatic

#2A4159 #3D6082 #517EAC #7A9DC0 #A3BBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#517EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#517EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517EAC

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517EAC	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B80AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6077AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.087 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a3c5',
    500: '#517eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517eac;
$custom-light: #88a3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.33,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5801,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.1965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517EAC

secondary

#C1AD98

accent

#955CCC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #517EAC

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

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