#518DAD#518DAD

#518DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.079 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#518DAD
RGBrgb(81, 141, 173)
HSLhsl(201, 36%, 50%)
HSVhsv(201, 53%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(53.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(55.90, -10.27, -22.82)
CIE-LCHlch(55.90, 25.02, 245.77°)
OKLaboklab(61.55% -0.0472 -0.0635)
OKLCHoklch(61.55% 0.079 233.4)
XYZxyz(20.4583, 23.8145, 43.0456)
Luminance0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#518DAD #AD7151
analogous
#51AD9F #518DAD #515FAD
triadic
#518DAD #AD518D #8DAD51
tetradic
#518DAD #9F51AD #AD7151 #5FAD51
square
#518DAD #9F51AD #AD7151 #5FAD51
split-complementary
#518DAD #AD515F #AD9F51
monochromatic
#2A495A #3D6B83 #518DAD #7AA8C1 #A4C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64
#518DAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76
#518DAD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DAD
5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##518DAD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##518DAD1.003.645.765.76
#FFFFFF3.641.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7621.001.001.00
##0000005.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E8CAF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7182AD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#169697
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #518dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.079 233.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aec5',
    500: '#518dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #518dad;
$custom-light: #88aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#518dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61552,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#518DAD
secondary
#C2A798
accent
#835CCC
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#F0F4F8
border
#CBCED1
text
#0C1013
muted
#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DAD

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

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