#518FA7#518FA7

#518FA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.074 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FA7
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 167)
HSL	hsl(197, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -13.18, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 22.98, 234.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0519 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.074 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1882, 24.1826, 40.1556)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FA7 #A76951

analogous

#51A794 #518FA7 #5164A7

triadic

#518FA7 #A7518F #8FA751

tetradic

#518FA7 #9451A7 #A76951 #64A751

square

#518FA7 #9451A7 #A76951 #64A751

split-complementary

#518FA7 #A75164 #A79451

monochromatic

#294855 #3D6C7E #518FA7 #78AABD #A1C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#518FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#518FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FA7

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FA7	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7583A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.074 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afc1',
    500: '#518fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518fa7;
$custom-light: #88afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 34.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6177,
    "c": 0.07355,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FA7

secondary

#BFA195

accent

#7C5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FA7

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

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