#518EAE#518EAE

#518EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.080 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EAE
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -10.53, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 25.18, 245.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.048 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.08 233)
XYZ	xyz(20.7035, 24.1496, 43.6065)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EAE #AE7151

analogous

#51AEA0 #518EAE #515FAE

triadic

#518EAE #AE518E #8EAE51

tetradic

#518EAE #A051AE #AE7151 #5FAE51

square

#518EAE #A051AE #AE7151 #5FAE51

split-complementary

#518EAE #AE515F #AEA051

monochromatic

#2A4A5A #3E6C84 #518EAE #7BA9C1 #A5C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#518EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#518EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EAE

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EAE	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.080 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afc6',
    500: '#518eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518eae;
$custom-light: #88afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.645,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61832,
    "c": 0.07973,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.24151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EAE

secondary

#C2A799

accent

#825BCC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EAE

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

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