#518FA9#518FA9

#518FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.075 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FA9
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -12.59, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 23.51, 237.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0511 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.075 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3746, 24.2571, 41.1368)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FA9 #A96B51

analogous

#51A997 #518FA9 #5163A9

triadic

#518FA9 #A9518F #8FA951

tetradic

#518FA9 #9751A9 #A96B51 #63A951

square

#518FA9 #9751A9 #A96B51 #63A951

split-complementary

#518FA9 #A95163 #A99751

monochromatic

#294956 #3D6C80 #518FA9 #79AABF #A2C4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#518FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#518FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FA9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FA9	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7483A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.075 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afc2',
    500: '#518fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518fa9;
$custom-light: #88afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61854,
    "c": 0.07511,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FA9

secondary

#C0A296

accent

#7D5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FA9

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

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