#518BCD#518BCD

#518BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518BCD
RGB	rgb(81, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 1.07, -39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 39.76, 271.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0345 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.117 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6414, 24.6202, 61.2521)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518BCD #CD9351

analogous

#51C9CD #518BCD #5551CD

triadic

#518BCD #CD518B #8BCD51

tetradic

#518BCD #CD51C9 #CD9351 #51CD55

square

#518BCD #CD51C9 #CD9351 #51CD55

split-complementary

#518BCD #CD5551 #C9CD51

monochromatic

#254F7F #326CAF #518BCD #81ABDB #B0CAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#518BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#518BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518BCD

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518BCD	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacdc',
    500: '#518bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518bcd;
$custom-light: #8cacdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.935,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62641,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518BCD

secondary

#D7BFA3

accent

#9949DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518BCD

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

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