#518DE5#518DE5

#518DE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.147 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DE5
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 38.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, 7.94, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 51.03, 278.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0306 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.147 258)
XYZ	xyz(27.0560, 26.4536, 77.7937)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DE5 #E5A951

analogous

#51D7E5 #518DE5 #5F51E5

triadic

#518DE5 #E5518D #8DE551

tetradic

#518DE5 #E551D7 #E5A951 #51E55F

square

#518DE5 #E551D7 #E5A951 #51E55F

split-complementary

#518DE5 #E55F51 #D7E551

monochromatic

#1851A3 #206BD8 #518DE5 #86B0ED #BBD3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#518DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#518DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DE5

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DE5	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6694E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5086E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.147 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90aded',
    500: '#518de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518de5;
$custom-light: #90aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.676,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64407,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.26456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DE5

secondary

#E5CEAD

accent

#860FD6

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DE5

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

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