#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
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -10.27, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 25.02, 245.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0472 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.079 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4583, 23.8145, 43.0456)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##518DAD	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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