#518ae6

Color #518ae6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.19 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#518ae6

RGB

rgb(81, 138, 230)

HSL

hsl(217, 74.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 64.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.8%, 40%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(57.69, 10.07, -52.2)

LCH

lch(57.69, 53.16, 280.92)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1512, 259.56)

HWB

hwb(217, 31.8%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6ad51

Analogous

#51d5e6

#518ae6

#6251e6

Triadic

#518ae6

#e6518a

#8ae651

Split-complementary

#518ae6

#e66251

#d5e651

Tetradic

#518ae6

#ad51e6

#e6ad51

#8ae651

Square

#518ae6

#e651d5

#e6ad51

#51e662

Shades

Color #518ae6 mixed toward black.

#246ce0

#1a56b5

#144088

#0d2b5b

#07152d

Tints

Color #518ae6 mixed toward white.

#6e9eea

#8bb1ee

#a8c5f3

#c5d8f7

#e2ecfb

Tones

Color #518ae6 mixed toward gray.

#5d8dda

#6a90cd

#7693c1

#8396b4

#8f99a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6fd4 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#6b66d0 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#55c5c1 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #518ae6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#518ae6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#518ae6 (#518ae6) is rgb(81, 138, 230) in RGB.

No, #518ae6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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