#518CD6#518CD6

#518CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.128 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518CD6
RGB	rgb(81, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(213, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 3.47, -43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 43.82, 274.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0332 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.128 255)
XYZ	xyz(24.9047, 25.3582, 67.1875)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518CD6 #D69B51

analogous

#51CFD6 #518CD6 #5851D6

triadic

#518CD6 #D6518C #8CD651

tetradic

#518CD6 #D651CF #D69B51 #51D658

square

#518CD6 #D651CF #D69B51 #51D658

split-complementary

#518CD6 #D65851 #CFD651

monochromatic

#21508C #2D6DBD #518CD6 #83ADE2 #B4CDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#518CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#518CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518CD6

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518CD6	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A84D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.128 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dade3',
    500: '#518cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518cd6;
$custom-light: #8dade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.383,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63346,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.25361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518CD6

secondary

#DCC4A7

accent

#9D43E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518CD6

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

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