#518EA2#518EA2

#518EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.070 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EA2
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(195, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -14.11, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 21.85, 229.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0526 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.07 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5855, 23.7024, 37.7183)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EA2 #A26551

analogous

#51A28D #518EA2 #5165A2

triadic

#518EA2 #A2518E #8EA251

tetradic

#518EA2 #8D51A2 #A26551 #65A251

square

#518EA2 #8D51A2 #A26551 #65A251

split-complementary

#518EA2 #A25165 #A28D51

monochromatic

#284650 #3D6A79 #518EA2 #76A9BA #9FC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#518EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#518EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EA2

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EA2	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.070 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afbd',
    500: '#518ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ea2;
$custom-light: #87afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.815,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61326,
    "c": 0.07,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EA2

secondary

#BC9D93

accent

#795EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EA2

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

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