#518AE6#518AE6

#518AE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.151 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518AE6
RGB	rgb(81, 138, 230)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 40%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 10.07, -52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 53.16, 280.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0274 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.151 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7597, 25.6369, 78.3857)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518AE6 #E6AD51

analogous

#51D4E6 #518AE6 #6251E6

triadic

#518AE6 #E6518A #8AE651

tetradic

#518AE6 #E651D4 #E6AD51 #51E662

square

#518AE6 #E651D4 #E6AD51 #51E662

split-complementary

#518AE6 #E66251 #D4E651

monochromatic

#184EA5 #1F67DA #518AE6 #87AEEE #BCD2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#518AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#518AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518AE6

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518AE6	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6092EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 138, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.151 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90abee',
    500: '#518ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ae6;
$custom-light: #90abee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.047,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518AE6

secondary

#E5D0AD

accent

#8A0ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #518AE6

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

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