#518FA2#518FA2

#518FA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.070 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FA2
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 11.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -14.65, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 21.87, 227.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0538 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.07 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7349, 24.0013, 37.7681)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FA2 #A26451

analogous

#51A28C #518FA2 #5167A2

triadic

#518FA2 #A2518F #8FA251

tetradic

#518FA2 #8C51A2 #A26451 #67A251

square

#518FA2 #8C51A2 #A26451 #67A251

split-complementary

#518FA2 #A25167 #A28C51

monochromatic

#284750 #3D6B79 #518FA2 #76AABA #9FC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#518FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#518FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FA2

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FA2	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7782A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.070 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afbd',
    500: '#518fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518fa2;
$custom-light: #87afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.074,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61566,
    "c": 0.07009,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FA2

secondary

#BC9D93

accent

#775EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FA2

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

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