#718BAE#718BAE

#718BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.061 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#718BAE
RGB	rgb(113, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(214, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(214, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -0.49, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 21.40, 268.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0148 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.061 256)
XYZ	xyz(23.6803, 25.0309, 43.6199)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#718BAE #AE9471

analogous

#71AAAE #718BAE #7671AE

triadic

#718BAE #AE718B #8BAE71

tetradic

#718BAE #AE71AA #AE9471 #71AE76

square

#718BAE #AE71AA #AE9471 #71AE76

split-complementary

#718BAE #AE7671 #AAAE71

monochromatic

#3C4F69 #526C90 #718BAE #98ABC4 #BFCBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#718BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#718BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #718BAE

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##718BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##718BAE	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7886AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E9397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #718bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(113, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.061 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bacc6',
    500: '#718bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #718bae;
$custom-light: #9bacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#718bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 113,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.426,
    "s": 27.354,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62979,
    "c": 0.06088,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.25032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#718BAE

secondary

#CABFB1

accent

#9B64C4

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F8

border

#CCCED1

text

#0E1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #718BAE

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

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