#518DEB#518DEB

#518DEB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.154 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DEB
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(217, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, 9.99, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 54.16, 280.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0293 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.154 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9082, 26.7945, 82.2822)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DEB #EBAF51

analogous

#51DAEB #518DEB #6251EB

triadic

#518DEB #EB518D #8DEB51

tetradic

#518DEB #EB51DA #EBAF51 #51EB62

square

#518DEB #EB51DA #EBAF51 #51EB62

split-complementary

#518DEB #EB6251 #DAEB51

monochromatic

#1450AE #1A69E5 #518DEB #88B1F1 #BFD5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#518DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#518DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DEB

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DEB	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6295EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B87E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.154 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91adf2',
    500: '#518deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518deb;
$custom-light: #91adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.623,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64758,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DEB

secondary

#E8D2B0

accent

#8A0ADC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DEB

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

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