#518FAF#518FAF

#518FAF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.080 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FAF
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 175)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -10.78, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 25.34, 244.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0488 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.08 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9508, 24.4876, 44.1717)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FAF #AF7151

analogous

#51AFA0 #518FAF #5160AF

triadic

#518FAF #AF518F #8FAF51

tetradic

#518FAF #A051AF #AF7151 #60AF51

square

#518FAF #A051AF #AF7151 #60AF51

split-complementary

#518FAF #AF5160 #AFA051

monochromatic

#2A4B5C #3D6D85 #518FAF #7BAAC2 #A5C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#518FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#518FAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FAF

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FAF	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7283AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.080 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afc7',
    500: '#518faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518faf;
$custom-light: #89afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.426,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62111,
    "c": 0.08033,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FAF

secondary

#C3A799

accent

#825BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FAF

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

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