#518EC4#518EC4

#518EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EC4
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -3.61, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 34.16, 263.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0405 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.104 247)
XYZ	xyz(23.0265, 25.0788, 55.8411)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EC4 #C48751

analogous

#51C4C1 #518EC4 #5155C4

triadic

#518EC4 #C4518E #8EC451

tetradic

#518EC4 #C151C4 #C48751 #55C451

square

#518EC4 #C151C4 #C48751 #55C451

split-complementary

#518EC4 #C45155 #C4C151

monochromatic

#275073 #376FA1 #518EC4 #7FACD3 #ACC9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#518EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#518EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EC4

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EC4	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7790C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6884C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baed6',
    500: '#518ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ec4;
$custom-light: #8baed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.174,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62857,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.25081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EC4

secondary

#D1B7A0

accent

#904FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EC4

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

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