#518BC2#518BC2

#518BC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.104 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518BC2
RGB	rgb(81, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(209, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -2.53, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 34.42, 265.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0378 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.104 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3600, 24.1076, 54.5034)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518BC2 #C28851

analogous

#51C2C1 #518BC2 #5153C2

triadic

#518BC2 #C2518B #8BC251

tetradic

#518BC2 #C151C2 #C28851 #53C251

square

#518BC2 #C151C2 #C28851 #53C251

split-complementary

#518BC2 #C25153 #C2C151

monochromatic

#284D71 #376C9E #518BC2 #7EA9D2 #ACC7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#518BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#518BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518BC2

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518BC2	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.104 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacd4',
    500: '#518bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518bc2;
$custom-light: #8bacd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.204,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62075,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518BC2

secondary

#D0B79F

accent

#9250D8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518BC2

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

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