#517EAD#517EAD

#517EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.088 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517EAD
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 173)
HSL	hsl(211, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, -1.65, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 29.70, 266.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0293 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.088 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3944, 19.6867, 42.3577)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517EAD #AD8051

analogous

#51ACAD #517EAD #5251AD

triadic

#517EAD #AD517E #7EAD51

tetradic

#517EAD #AD51AC #AD8051 #51AD52

square

#517EAD #AD51AC #AD8051 #51AD52

split-complementary

#517EAD #AD5251 #ACAD51

monochromatic

#2A415A #3D6083 #517EAD #7A9DC1 #A4BCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#517EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#517EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517EAD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517EAD	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B80AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.088 250.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.652,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5806,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517EAD

secondary

#C2AD98

accent

#955CCC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #517EAD

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

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