#518EBA#518EBA

#518EBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.092 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EBA
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 23.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, -6.80, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 29.75, 256.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0437 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.092 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9260, 24.6386, 50.0451)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EBA #BA7D51

analogous

#51BAB2 #518EBA #5159BA

triadic

#518EBA #BA518E #8EBA51

tetradic

#518EBA #B251BA #BA7D51 #59BA51

square

#518EBA #B251BA #BA7D51 #59BA51

split-complementary

#518EBA #BA5159 #BAB251

monochromatic

#294D68 #3A6E93 #518EBA #7DAACB #A9C7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#518EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#518EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EBA

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EBA	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.092 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aafcf',
    500: '#518eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518eba;
$custom-light: #8aafcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62376,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EBA

secondary

#CAB09D

accent

#8A55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EBA

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

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