#518FE0#518FE0

#518FE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.138 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518FE0
RGB	rgb(81, 143, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 36.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 5.06, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 47.42, 276.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0338 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.138 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6655, 26.7735, 74.2691)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518FE0 #E0A251

analogous

#51D7E0 #518FE0 #5B51E0

triadic

#518FE0 #E0518F #8FE051

tetradic

#518FE0 #E051D7 #E0A251 #51E05B

square

#518FE0 #E051D7 #E0A251 #51E05B

split-complementary

#518FE0 #E05B51 #D7E051

monochromatic

#1C539B #256FCF #518FE0 #85B0E9 #B9D2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#518FE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#518FE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518FE0

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518FE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518FE0	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C95E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5887DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518fe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 143, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.138 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fafea',
    500: '#518fe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518fe0;
$custom-light: #8fafea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518fe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.986,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64556,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518FE0

secondary

#E2CAAB

accent

#A03BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #518FE0

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

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