#518ae9

Color #518ae9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.19 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#518ae9

RGB

rgb(81, 138, 233)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 77.6%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 65.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.2%, 40.8%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(57.85, 11.1, -53.61)

LCH

lch(57.85, 54.75, 281.7)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.1551, 260.05)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 31.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9b051

Analogous

#51d6e9

#518ae9

#6451e9

Triadic

#518ae9

#e9518a

#8ae951

Split-complementary

#518ae9

#e96451

#d6e951

Tetradic

#518ae9

#b051e9

#e9b051

#8ae951

Square

#518ae9

#e951d6

#e9b051

#51e964

Shades

Color #518ae9 mixed toward black.

#236be3

#1754ba

#123f8b

#0c2a5d

#06152e

Tints

Color #518ae9 mixed toward white.

#6e9eed

#8bb1f0

#a8c5f4

#c5d8f8

#e2ecfb

Tones

Color #518ae9 mixed toward gray.

#5e8ddc

#6a90d0

#7794c3

#8497b6

#909aaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6fd7 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#6b66d2 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#55c7c3 · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #518ae9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#518ae9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#518ae9 (#518ae9) is rgb(81, 138, 233) in RGB.

No, #518ae9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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