#518FC2#518FC2

#518FC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.101 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FC2
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 194)
HSL	hsl(207, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -4.83, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 32.88, 261.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0422 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.101 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9498, 25.2872, 54.7000)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FC2 #C28451

analogous

#51C2BD #518FC2 #5157C2

triadic

#518FC2 #C2518F #8FC251

tetradic

#518FC2 #BD51C2 #C28451 #57C251

square

#518FC2 #BD51C2 #C28451 #57C251

split-complementary

#518FC2 #C25157 #C2BD51

monochromatic

#285071 #37709E #518FC2 #7EACD2 #ACC9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#518FC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#518FC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FC2

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FC2	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7990C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A85C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518fc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.101 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bafd4',
    500: '#518fc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518fc2;
$custom-light: #8bafd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518fc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.08,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62988,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FC2

secondary

#D0B59F

accent

#8D50D8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FC2

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

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