#518FCE#518FCE

#518FCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FCE
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -0.93, -38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 38.46, 268.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0386 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.115 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3523, 25.8482, 62.0864)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FCE #CE9051

analogous

#51CECE #518FCE #5251CE

triadic

#518FCE #CE518F #8FCE51

tetradic

#518FCE #CE51CE #CE9051 #51CE52

square

#518FCE #CE51CE #CE9051 #51CE52

split-complementary

#518FCE #CE5251 #CECE51

monochromatic

#245280 #3270B0 #518FCE #81AEDB #B1CCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#518FCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#518FCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FCE

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FCE	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7492D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6386CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518fce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cafdd',
    500: '#518fce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518fce;
$custom-light: #8cafdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518fce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.24,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63589,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FCE

secondary

#D7BEA4

accent

#9548DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FCE

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

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