#518ECE#518ECE

#518ECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518ECE
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 31.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -0.35, -38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 38.90, 269.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0375 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.116 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2029, 25.5493, 62.0366)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518ECE #CE9151

analogous

#51CDCE #518ECE #5351CE

triadic

#518ECE #CE518E #8ECE51

tetradic

#518ECE #CE51CD #CE9151 #51CE53

square

#518ECE #CE51CD #CE9151 #51CE53

split-complementary

#518ECE #CE5351 #CDCE51

monochromatic

#245180 #326FB0 #518ECE #81ADDB #B1CCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#518ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#518ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518ECE

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518ECE	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6285CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caedd',
    500: '#518ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ece;
$custom-light: #8caedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.72,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63364,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518ECE

secondary

#D7BEA4

accent

#9648DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518ECE

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

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