#518CDC#518CDC

#518CDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.136 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518CDC
RGB	rgb(81, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(215, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 5.49, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 46.89, 276.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0317 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.136 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6851, 25.6704, 71.2975)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518CDC #DCA151

analogous

#51D2DC #518CDC #5C51DC

triadic

#518CDC #DC518C #8CDC51

tetradic

#518CDC #DC51D2 #DCA151 #51DC5C

square

#518CDC #DC51D2 #DCA151 #51DC5C

split-complementary

#518CDC #DC5C51 #D2DC51

monochromatic

#1E5095 #286CC8 #518CDC #84AEE6 #B7CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#518CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#518CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518CDC

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518CDC	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6992DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.136 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eade7',
    500: '#518cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518cdc;
$custom-light: #8eade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.532,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63678,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518CDC

secondary

#E0C9A9

accent

#A13EE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #518CDC

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

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