#518CC2#518CC2

#518CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518CC2
RGB	rgb(81, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(209, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -3.10, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 34.02, 264.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0389 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.103 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5055, 24.3985, 54.5519)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518CC2 #C28751

analogous

#51C2C0 #518CC2 #5154C2

triadic

#518CC2 #C2518C #8CC251

tetradic

#518CC2 #C051C2 #C28751 #54C251

square

#518CC2 #C051C2 #C28751 #54C251

split-complementary

#518CC2 #C25154 #C2C051

monochromatic

#284E71 #376D9E #518CC2 #7EAAD2 #ACC8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#518CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#518CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518CC2

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518CC2	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badd4',
    500: '#518cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518cc2;
$custom-light: #8badd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.673,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62302,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518CC2

secondary

#D0B69F

accent

#9150D8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518CC2

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

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