#518DC6#518DC6

#518DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.107 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DC6
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -2.39, -35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 35.49, 266.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0388 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.107 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1076, 24.8742, 56.9986)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DC6 #C68A51

analogous

#51C6C5 #518DC6 #5153C6

triadic

#518DC6 #C6518D #8DC651

tetradic

#518DC6 #C551C6 #C68A51 #53C651

square

#518DC6 #C551C6 #C68A51 #53C651

split-complementary

#518DC6 #C65153 #C6C551

monochromatic

#274F76 #366EA4 #518DC6 #7FABD5 #ADC9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#518DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#518DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DC6

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DC6	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.107 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baed7',
    500: '#518dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518dc6;
$custom-light: #8baed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6273,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DC6

secondary

#D2B9A1

accent

#924EDA

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DC6

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

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