#518FBF#518FBF

#518FBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.097 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FBF
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 191)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -5.79, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 31.56, 259.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0432 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.097 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6163, 25.1538, 52.9434)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FBF #BF8151

analogous

#51BFB8 #518FBF #5158BF

triadic

#518FBF #BF518F #8FBF51

tetradic

#518FBF #B851BF #BF8151 #58BF51

square

#518FBF #B851BF #BF8151 #58BF51

split-complementary

#518FBF #BF5158 #BFB851

monochromatic

#284F6D #39709A #518FBF #7EACCF #AAC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#518FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#518FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FBF

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FBF	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A90C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B84BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.097 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aafd2',
    500: '#518fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518fbf;
$custom-light: #8aafd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62843,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FBF

secondary

#CEB39E

accent

#8C52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FBF

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

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