#518ACE#518ACE

#518ACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518ACE
RGB	rgb(81, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(213, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 1.99, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 40.74, 272.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0332 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.12 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6184, 24.3804, 61.8418)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518ACE #CE9551

analogous

#51C9CE #518ACE #5751CE

triadic

#518ACE #CE518A #8ACE51

tetradic

#518ACE #CE51C9 #CE9551 #51CE57

square

#518ACE #CE51C9 #CE9551 #51CE57

split-complementary

#518ACE #CE5751 #C9CE51

monochromatic

#244E80 #326BB0 #518ACE #81AADB #B1CAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#518ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#518ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518ACE

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518ACE	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabdd',
    500: '#518ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ace;
$custom-light: #8cabdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.64,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62471,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518ACE

secondary

#D7C0A4

accent

#9B48DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518ACE

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

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