#518FC0#518FC0

#518FC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FC0
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 192)
HSL	hsl(206, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 25.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -5.47, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 31.99, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0429 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.098 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7267, 25.1980, 53.5250)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FC0 #C08251

analogous

#51C0B9 #518FC0 #5157C0

triadic

#518FC0 #C0518F #8FC051

tetradic

#518FC0 #B951C0 #C08251 #57C051

square

#518FC0 #B951C0 #C08251 #57C051

split-complementary

#518FC0 #C05157 #C0B951

monochromatic

#284F6F #38709B #518FC0 #7EACD0 #ABC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#518FC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#518FC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FC0

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FC0	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A90C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B85BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518fc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aafd3',
    500: '#518fc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518fc0;
$custom-light: #8aafd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518fc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.486,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62891,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FC0

secondary

#CEB49F

accent

#8C51D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FC0

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

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