#517F97#517F97

#517F97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.062 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517F97
RGB	rgb(81, 127, 151)
HSL	hsl(201, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, -8.96, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 19.93, 243.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.0383 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.062 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5666, 19.1613, 32.0977)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517F97 #976951

analogous

#51978C #517F97 #515C97

triadic

#517F97 #97517F #7F9751

tetradic

#517F97 #8C5197 #976951 #5C9751

square

#517F97 #8C5197 #976951 #5C9751

split-complementary

#517F97 #97515C #978C51

monochromatic

#263C47 #3C5D6F #517F97 #729DB3 #9AB9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#517F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#517F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517F97

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517F97	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 127, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.062 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a4b5',
    500: '#517f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517f97;
$custom-light: #86a4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57283,
    "c": 0.06244,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517F97

secondary

#B69C8E

accent

#8461C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #517F97

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

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