#518CE8#518CE8

#518CE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.152 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518CE8
RGB	rgb(81, 140, 232)
HSL	hsl(217, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 39.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 9.56, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 53.13, 280.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.029 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.152 259)
XYZ	xyz(27.3317, 26.3290, 79.9699)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518CE8 #E8AD51

analogous

#51D8E8 #518CE8 #6251E8

triadic

#518CE8 #E8518C #8CE851

tetradic

#518CE8 #E851D8 #E8AD51 #51E862

square

#518CE8 #E851D8 #E8AD51 #51E862

split-complementary

#518CE8 #E86251 #D8E851

monochromatic

#164FA8 #1D69DE #518CE8 #87B0EF #BDD3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#518CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#518CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518CE8

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518CE8	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6294EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 140, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.152 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90adf0',
    500: '#518ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ce8;
$custom-light: #90adf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.556,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64368,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.26332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518CE8

secondary

#E7D1AE

accent

#890DD9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #518CE8

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

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