#517FA7#517FA7

#517FA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.080 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517FA7
RGB	rgb(81, 127, 167)
HSL	hsl(208, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 24%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, -4.12, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 26.45, 261.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.0325 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.08 246)
XYZ	xyz(17.9553, 19.7167, 39.4113)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517FA7 #A77951

analogous

#51A7A4 #517FA7 #5154A7

triadic

#517FA7 #A7517F #7FA751

tetradic

#517FA7 #A451A7 #A77951 #54A751

square

#517FA7 #A451A7 #A77951 #54A751

split-complementary

#517FA7 #A75154 #A7A451

monochromatic

#294055 #3D607E #517FA7 #789DBD #A1BBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#517FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#517FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517FA7

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517FA7	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)

#6E80A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24888D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 127, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.080 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a4c1',
    500: '#517fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517fa7;
$custom-light: #87a4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.907,
    "s": 34.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58001,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.19718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517FA7

secondary

#BFA895

accent

#905DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F3F7

border

#CBCDD0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #517FA7

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

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