#518DBE#518DBE

#518DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.097 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DBE
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(207, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -4.96, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 31.82, 261.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0413 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.097 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2091, 24.5148, 52.2667)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DBE #BE8251

analogous

#51BEB8 #518DBE #5156BE

triadic

#518DBE #BE518D #8DBE51

tetradic

#518DBE #B851BE #BE8251 #56BE51

square

#518DBE #B851BE #BE8251 #56BE51

split-complementary

#518DBE #BE5156 #BEB851

monochromatic

#284E6C #396E99 #518DBE #7EAACF #AAC7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#518DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#518DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DBE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DBE	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6983BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.097 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed1',
    500: '#518dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518dbe;
$custom-light: #8aaed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.972,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62335,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DBE

secondary

#CDB39E

accent

#8D53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DBE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →