#518DEC#518DEC

#518DEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.156 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DEC
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 10.33, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 54.69, 280.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0291 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.156 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0531, 26.8524, 83.0452)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DEC #ECB051

analogous

#51DBEC #518DEC #6251EC

triadic

#518DEC #EC518D #8DEC51

tetradic

#518DEC #EC51DB #ECB051 #51EC62

square

#518DEC #EC51DB #ECB051 #51EC62

split-complementary

#518DEC #EC6251 #DBEC51

monochromatic

#1350AF #1A69E6 #518DEC #88B1F2 #BFD5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#518DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#518DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DEC

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DEC	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6295F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A87EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.156 259.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.774,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64817,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DEC

secondary

#E9D3B0

accent

#8B09DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DEC

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

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