#518ECA#518ECA

#518ECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.111 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518ECA
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -1.66, -36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 36.97, 267.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0387 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.111 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7231, 25.3574, 59.5100)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518ECA #CA8D51

analogous

#51CAC9 #518ECA #5151CA

triadic

#518ECA #CA518E #8ECA51

tetradic

#518ECA #C951CA #CA8D51 #51CA51

square

#518ECA #C951CA #CA8D51 #51CA51

split-complementary

#518ECA #CA5151 #CAC951

monochromatic

#25517B #346FAA #518ECA #80ACD8 #AFCBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#518ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#518ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518ECA

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518ECA	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6485C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.111 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeda',
    500: '#518eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518eca;
$custom-light: #8caeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.752,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63159,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518ECA

secondary

#D5BBA2

accent

#934BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518ECA

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

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