#518DD2#518DD2

#518DD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.122 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DD2
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 210)
HSL	hsl(212, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 1.55, -41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 41.32, 272.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0353 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.122 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5469, 25.4499, 64.5790)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DD2 #D29651

analogous

#51CED2 #518DD2 #5651D2

triadic

#518DD2 #D2518D #8DD251

tetradic

#518DD2 #D251CE #D29651 #51D256

square

#518DD2 #D251CE #D29651 #51D256

split-complementary

#518DD2 #D25651 #CED251

monochromatic

#235186 #2F6EB7 #518DD2 #82ADDF #B2CDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#518DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#518DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DD2

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DD2	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.122 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daee0',
    500: '#518dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518dd2;
$custom-light: #8daee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.093,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63352,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DD2

secondary

#DAC1A5

accent

#9946E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DD2

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

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