#518EDD#518EDD

#518EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.135 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EDD
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, 4.64, -46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 46.39, 275.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0335 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.135 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1128, 26.3133, 72.0954)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EDD #DDA051

analogous

#51D4DD #518EDD #5A51DD

triadic

#518EDD #DD518E #8EDD51

tetradic

#518EDD #DD51D4 #DDA051 #51DD5A

square

#518EDD #DD51D4 #DDA051 #51DD5A

split-complementary

#518EDD #DD5A51 #D4DD51

monochromatic

#1D5296 #276EC9 #518EDD #84AFE7 #B7D0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#518EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#518EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EDD

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EDD	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.135 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaee8',
    500: '#518edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518edd;
$custom-light: #8eaee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64171,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EDD

secondary

#E0C8AA

accent

#9F3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EDD

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

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