#518DED#518DED

#518DED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.157 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518DED
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 40.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 10.67, -54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 55.21, 281.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0289 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.157 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1988, 26.9107, 83.8125)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518DED #EDB151

analogous

#51DBED #518DED #6351ED

triadic

#518DED #ED518D #8DED51

tetradic

#518DED #ED51DB #EDB151 #51ED63

square

#518DED #ED51DB #EDB151 #51ED63

split-complementary

#518DED #ED6351 #DBED51

monochromatic

#124FB1 #1A69E7 #518DED #88B1F3 #C0D6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#518DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#518DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518DED

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518DED	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6196F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4987EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.157 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91adf3',
    500: '#518ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ded;
$custom-light: #91adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64877,
    "c": 0.15709,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518DED

secondary

#E9D3B0

accent

#8B08DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #518DED

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

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