#518DCA#518DCA

#518DCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.112 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DCA
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -1.08, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 37.40, 268.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0376 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.112 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5750, 25.0612, 59.4606)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DCA #CA8E51

analogous

#51C9CA #518DCA #5151CA

triadic

#518DCA #CA518D #8DCA51

tetradic

#518DCA #CA51C9 #CA8E51 #51CA51

square

#518DCA #CA51C9 #CA8E51 #51CA51

split-complementary

#518DCA #CA5151 #C9CA51

monochromatic

#25507B #346EAA #518DCA #80ACD8 #AFCAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#518DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#518DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DCA

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DCA	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7390CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.112 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeda',
    500: '#518dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518dca;
$custom-light: #8caeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.248,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62933,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DCA

secondary

#D5BCA2

accent

#954BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DCA

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

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