#518EDE#518EDE

#518EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.136 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EDE
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 4.98, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 46.90, 276.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0332 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.136 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2464, 26.3667, 72.7992)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EDE #DEA151

analogous

#51D4DE #518EDE #5B51DE

triadic

#518EDE #DE518E #8EDE51

tetradic

#518EDE #DE51D4 #DEA151 #51DE5B

square

#518EDE #DE51D4 #DEA151 #51DE5B

split-complementary

#518EDE #DE5B51 #D4DE51

monochromatic

#1D5298 #276ECB #518EDE #84AFE8 #B8D1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#518EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#518EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EDE

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EDE	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B94E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.136 255.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.043,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64226,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EDE

secondary

#E1C9AA

accent

#A03DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EDE

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

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