#518599#518599

#518599 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.063 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518599
RGB	rgb(81, 133, 153)
HSL	hsl(197, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -11.76, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 19.94, 233.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0451 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.063 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5285, 20.8230, 33.2264)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518599 #996551

analogous

#519989 #518599 #516199

triadic

#518599 #995185 #859951

tetradic

#518599 #895199 #996551 #619951

square

#518599 #895199 #996551 #619951

split-complementary

#518599 #995161 #998951

monochromatic

#273F49 #3C6271 #518599 #73A2B5 #9BBDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#518599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#518599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518599

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518599	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A839A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 133, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.063 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8b7',
    500: '#518599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518599;
$custom-light: #86a8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58801,
    "c": 0.06339,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518599

secondary

#B79A8F

accent

#7D61C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #518599

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

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