#518cf6

Color #518cf6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 6.38 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#518cf6

RGB

rgb(81, 140, 246)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 90.2%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 67.1%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.1%, 43.1%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(59.12, 14.36, -58.78)

LCH

lch(59.12, 60.51, 283.73)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.17, 261.14)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 31.8%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6bb51

Analogous

#51dff6

#518cf6

#6851f6

Triadic

#518cf6

#f6518c

#8cf651

Split-complementary

#518cf6

#f66851

#dff651

Tetradic

#518cf6

#bb51f6

#f6bb51

#8cf651

Square

#518cf6

#f651df

#f6bb51

#51f668

Shades

Color #518cf6 mixed toward black.

#1d6af3

#0b51cf

#083d9b

#052968

#031434

Tints

Color #518cf6 mixed toward white.

#6e9ff8

#8bb2f9

#a8c6fb

#c5d9fc

#e2ecfe

Tones

Color #518cf6 mixed toward gray.

#5f90e8

#6c94db

#7a98cd

#889cbf

#96a0b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70e2 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#6c67dd · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#55d1cd · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 25.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #518cf6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#518cf6]

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

#518cf6 (#518cf6) is rgb(81, 140, 246) in RGB.

No, #518cf6 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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