#518ABE#518ABE

#518ABE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.100 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518ABE
RGB	rgb(81, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -3.24, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 32.94, 264.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0379 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.1 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7727, 23.6421, 52.1212)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518ABE #BE8551

analogous

#51BEBC #518ABE #5153BE

triadic

#518ABE #BE518A #8ABE51

tetradic

#518ABE #BC51BE #BE8551 #53BE51

square

#518ABE #BC51BE #BE8551 #53BE51

split-complementary

#518ABE #BE5153 #BEBC51

monochromatic

#284C6C #396B99 #518ABE #7EA8CF #AAC6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#518ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#518ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518ABE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518ABE	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.100 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacd2',
    500: '#518abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518abe;
$custom-light: #8aacd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.624,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61648,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518ABE

secondary

#CDB49E

accent

#9153D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518ABE

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

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