#518EE2#518EE2

#518EE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.142 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518EE2
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 6.33, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 48.96, 277.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0323 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.142 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7889, 26.5837, 75.6562)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518EE2 #E2A551

analogous

#51D6E2 #518EE2 #5D51E2

triadic

#518EE2 #E2518E #8EE251

tetradic

#518EE2 #E251D6 #E2A551 #51E25D

square

#518EE2 #E251D6 #E2A551 #51E25D

split-complementary

#518EE2 #E25D51 #D6E251

monochromatic

#1A529E #236DD3 #518EE2 #85B0EB #BAD2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#518EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#518EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518EE2

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518EE2	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6994E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.142 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faeeb',
    500: '#518ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518ee2;
$custom-light: #8faeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.759,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64451,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518EE2

secondary

#E3CCAC

accent

#8212D3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #518EE2

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

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