#518AE2#518AE2

#518AE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.146 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518AE2
RGB	rgb(81, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 8.71, -50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 51.05, 279.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0283 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.146 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2044, 25.4148, 75.4613)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518AE2 #E2A951

analogous

#51D2E2 #518AE2 #6051E2

triadic

#518AE2 #E2518A #8AE251

tetradic

#518AE2 #E251D2 #E2A951 #51E260

square

#518AE2 #E251D2 #E2A951 #51E260

split-complementary

#518AE2 #E26051 #D2E251

monochromatic

#1A4E9E #2368D3 #518AE2 #85ADEB #BAD1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#518AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#518AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518AE2

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518AE2	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6391E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.146 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fabeb',
    500: '#518ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ae2;
$custom-light: #8fabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.414,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63589,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518AE2

secondary

#E3CDAC

accent

#8712D3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #518AE2

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

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