#517EED#517EED

#517EED is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.174 H 265.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517EED
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 237)
HSL	hsl(223, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(223, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 46.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 19.76, -60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 63.78, 288.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0149 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.174 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1349, 22.7829, 83.1246)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517EED #EDC051

analogous

#51CCED #517EED #7251ED

triadic

#517EED #ED517E #7EED51

tetradic

#517EED #ED51CC #EDC051 #51ED72

square

#517EED #ED51CC #EDC051 #51ED72

split-complementary

#517EED #ED7251 #CCED51

monochromatic

#1240B1 #1A55E7 #517EED #88A7F3 #C0D0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#517EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#517EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517EED

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517EED	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#448BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#237DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.174 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91a2f3',
    500: '#517eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517eed;
$custom-light: #91a2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.692,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61764,
    "c": 0.17428,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517EED

secondary

#E9D9B0

accent

#A008DE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #517EED

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

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