#518AAA#518AAA

#518AAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.077 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518AAA
RGB	rgb(81, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(202, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -9.50, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 24.56, 247.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0447 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.077 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7349, 22.8269, 41.3885)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518AAA #AA7151

analogous

#51AA9E #518AAA #515EAA

triadic

#518AAA #AA518A #8AAA51

tetradic

#518AAA #9E51AA #AA7151 #5EAA51

square

#518AAA #9E51AA #AA7151 #5EAA51

split-complementary

#518AAA #AA515E #AA9E51

monochromatic

#2A4757 #3D6881 #518AAA #79A6BF #A2C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#518AAA on #FFFFFF

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On black

5.57

#518AAA on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #518AAA

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518AAA	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.077 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acc3',
    500: '#518aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518aaa;
$custom-light: #88acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.573,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60713,
    "c": 0.07727,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518AAA

secondary

#C0A697

accent

#845CCB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #518AAA

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

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