#517EAE#517EAE

#517EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.089 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517EAE
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 174)
HSL	hsl(211, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, -1.34, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 30.19, 267.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% -0.029 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.089 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4915, 19.7256, 42.8692)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517EAE #AE8151

analogous

#51ADAE #517EAE #5251AE

triadic

#517EAE #AE517E #7EAE51

tetradic

#517EAE #AE51AD #AE8151 #51AE52

square

#517EAE #AE51AD #AE8151 #51AE52

split-complementary

#517EAE #AE5251 #ADAE51

monochromatic

#2A425A #3E6084 #517EAE #7B9DC1 #A5BCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#517EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#517EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517EAE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517EAE	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A80B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.089 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a3c6',
    500: '#517eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517eae;
$custom-light: #88a3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.968,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58109,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517EAE

secondary

#C2AE99

accent

#965BCC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #517EAE

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

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