#518BEC#518BEC

#518BEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.158 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518BEC
RGB	rgb(81, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(218, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, 11.53, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 55.78, 281.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0272 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.158 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7609, 26.2680, 82.9478)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518BEC #ECB251

analogous

#51D9EC #518BEC #6451EC

triadic

#518BEC #EC518B #8BEC51

tetradic

#518BEC #EC51D9 #ECB251 #51EC64

square

#518BEC #EC51D9 #ECB251 #51EC64

split-complementary

#518BEC #EC6451 #D9EC51

monochromatic

#134EAF #1A66E6 #518BEC #88B0F2 #BFD5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#518BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#518BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518BEC

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518BEC	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E94F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4685EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.158 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91acf3',
    500: '#518bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518bec;
$custom-light: #91acf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.548,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64394,
    "c": 0.15799,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518BEC

secondary

#E9D4B0

accent

#8D09DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #518BEC

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

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