#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
RGBrgb(81, 139, 236)
HSLhsl(218, 80%, 62%)
HSVhsv(218, 66%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(58.29, 11.53, -54.57)
CIE-LCHlch(58.29, 55.78, 281.92°)
OKLaboklab(64.39% -0.0272 -0.1556)
OKLCHoklch(64.39% 0.158 260.1)
XYZxyz(27.7609, 26.2680, 82.9478)
Luminance0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##518BEC1.003.366.256.25
#FFFFFF3.361.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2521.001.001.00
##0000006.2521.001.001.00

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

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#518BEC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva