#518EAC#518EAC

#518EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.078 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EAC
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(200, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -11.13, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 24.52, 243.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0487 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.078 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5100, 24.0722, 42.5873)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EAC #AC6F51

analogous

#51AC9C #518EAC #5161AC

triadic

#518EAC #AC518E #8EAC51

tetradic

#518EAC #9C51AC #AC6F51 #61AC51

square

#518EAC #9C51AC #AC6F51 #61AC51

split-complementary

#518EAC #AC5161 #AC9C51

monochromatic

#2A4959 #3D6C82 #518EAC #7AA9C0 #A3C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#518EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#518EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EAC

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EAC	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.078 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afc4',
    500: '#518eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518eac;
$custom-light: #88afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.78,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61745,
    "c": 0.07788,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EAC

secondary

#C1A598

accent

#815CCC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EAC

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

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