#518EC0#518EC0

#518EC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EC0
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 192)
HSL	hsl(207, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 26%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -4.90, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 32.35, 261.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0418 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.099 245)
XYZ	xyz(22.5773, 24.8991, 53.4752)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EC0 #C08351

analogous

#51C0BA #518EC0 #5156C0

triadic

#518EC0 #C0518E #8EC051

tetradic

#518EC0 #BA51C0 #C08351 #56C051

square

#518EC0 #BA51C0 #C08351 #56C051

split-complementary

#518EC0 #C05156 #C0BA51

monochromatic

#284F6F #386F9B #518EC0 #7EABD0 #ABC8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#518EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#518EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EC0

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EC0	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A84BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed3',
    500: '#518ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ec0;
$custom-light: #8aaed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.027,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62662,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.24901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EC0

secondary

#CEB49F

accent

#8D51D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EC0

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

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