#518EC7#518EC7

#518EC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.107 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EC7
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 199)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, -2.64, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 35.55, 265.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0396 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.107 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3714, 25.2167, 57.6574)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EC7 #C78A51

analogous

#51C7C5 #518EC7 #5153C7

triadic

#518EC7 #C7518E #8EC751

tetradic

#518EC7 #C551C7 #C78A51 #53C751

square

#518EC7 #C551C7 #C78A51 #53C751

split-complementary

#518EC7 #C75153 #C7C551

monochromatic

#265077 #356FA6 #518EC7 #7FACD6 #AECAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#518EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#518EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EC7

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EC7	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.107 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baed8',
    500: '#518ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ec7;
$custom-light: #8baed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.983,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63007,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EC7

secondary

#D3B9A1

accent

#914DDB

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EC7

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

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