#718DAD#718DAD

#718DAD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.058 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#718DAD
RGB	rgb(113, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(212, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -1.90, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 20.11, 264.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0178 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.058 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8754, 25.5765, 43.2058)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#718DAD #AD9171

analogous

#71ABAD #718DAD #7371AD

triadic

#718DAD #AD718D #8DAD71

tetradic

#718DAD #AD71AB #AD9171 #71AD73

square

#718DAD #AD71AB #AD9171 #71AD73

split-complementary

#718DAD #AD7371 #ABAD71

monochromatic

#3C5068 #526E8F #718DAD #98ACC3 #BFCBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#718DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#718DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #718DAD

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##718DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##718DAD	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E9498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #718dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(113, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.058 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9baec5',
    500: '#718dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #718dad;
$custom-light: #9baec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#718dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 113,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 26.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63381,
    "c": 0.05798,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#718DAD

secondary

#C9BEB1

accent

#9765C3

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F8

border

#CCCED1

text

#0E1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #718DAD

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

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