#517ED6#517ED6

#517ED6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.143 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517ED6
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 214)
HSL	hsl(220, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(220, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 41.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 11.87, -49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 51.26, 283.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0187 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.143 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9876, 21.5240, 66.5484)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517ED6 #D6A951

analogous

#51C1D6 #517ED6 #6651D6

triadic

#517ED6 #D6517E #7ED651

tetradic

#517ED6 #D651C1 #D6A951 #51D666

square

#517ED6 #D651C1 #D6A951 #51D666

split-complementary

#517ED6 #D66651 #C1D651

monochromatic

#21458C #2D5EBD #517ED6 #83A3E2 #B4C7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#517ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#517ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517ED6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517ED6	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5786D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.143 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da2e3',
    500: '#517ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517ed6;
$custom-light: #8da2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.699,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60313,
    "c": 0.14323,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517ED6

secondary

#DCCAA7

accent

#AE43E5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #517ED6

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

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