#518BC0#518BC0

#518BC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.101 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518BC0
RGB	rgb(81, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(209, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -3.17, -33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 33.48, 264.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0384 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.101 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1369, 24.0184, 53.3284)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518BC0 #C08651

analogous

#51C0BD #518BC0 #5153C0

triadic

#518BC0 #C0518B #8BC051

tetradic

#518BC0 #BD51C0 #C08651 #53C051

square

#518BC0 #BD51C0 #C08651 #53C051

split-complementary

#518BC0 #C05153 #C0BD51

monochromatic

#284D6F #386C9B #518BC0 #7EA9D0 #ABC7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#518BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#518BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518BC0

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518BC0	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.101 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacd3',
    500: '#518bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518bc0;
$custom-light: #8aacd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.649,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61975,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518BC0

secondary

#CEB59F

accent

#9151D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518BC0

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

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