#518DAE#518DAE

#518DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.080 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DAE
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -9.97, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 25.37, 246.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0468 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.08 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5554, 23.8533, 43.5571)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DAE #AE7251

analogous

#51AEA0 #518DAE #515FAE

triadic

#518DAE #AE518D #8DAE51

tetradic

#518DAE #A051AE #AE7251 #5FAE51

square

#518DAE #A051AE #AE7251 #5FAE51

split-complementary

#518DAE #AE515F #AEA051

monochromatic

#2A495A #3E6B84 #518DAE #7BA8C1 #A5C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#518DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#518DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DAE

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DAE	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.080 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aec6',
    500: '#518dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518dae;
$custom-light: #88aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61596,
    "c": 0.08006,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DAE

secondary

#C2A799

accent

#835BCC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DAE

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

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