#518FC4#518FC4

#518FC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.103 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FC4
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 27%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -4.19, -33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 33.77, 262.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0416 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.103 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1760, 25.3777, 55.8909)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FC4 #C48651

analogous

#51C4BF #518FC4 #5156C4

triadic

#518FC4 #C4518F #8FC451

tetradic

#518FC4 #BF51C4 #C48651 #56C451

square

#518FC4 #BF51C4 #C48651 #56C451

split-complementary

#518FC4 #C45156 #C4BF51

monochromatic

#275073 #3770A1 #518FC4 #7FACD3 #ACCAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#518FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#518FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FC4

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FC4	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7890C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6985C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.103 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bafd6',
    500: '#518fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518fc4;
$custom-light: #8bafd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.652,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63085,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FC4

secondary

#D1B6A0

accent

#8F4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FC4

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

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