#518DCE#518DCE

#518DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DCE
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 0.23, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 39.34, 270.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0364 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.117 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0548, 25.2531, 61.9872)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DCE #CE9251

analogous

#51CCCE #518DCE #5451CE

triadic

#518DCE #CE518D #8DCE51

tetradic

#518DCE #CE51CC #CE9251 #51CE54

square

#518DCE #CE51CC #CE9251 #51CE54

split-complementary

#518DCE #CE5451 #CCCE51

monochromatic

#245080 #326EB0 #518DCE #81ACDB #B1CCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#518DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#518DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DCE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DCE	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caedd',
    500: '#518dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518dce;
$custom-light: #8caedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6314,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DCE

secondary

#D7BEA4

accent

#9748DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DCE

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

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