#518ef4

Color #518ef4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 6.88 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#518ef4

RGB

rgb(81, 142, 244)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 88.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 66.8%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.8%, 41.8%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(59.55, 12.47, -56.99)

LCH

lch(59.55, 58.34, 282.34)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.1652, 260.06)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 31.8%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f4b751

Analogous

#51e0f4

#518ef4

#6551f4

Triadic

#518ef4

#f4518e

#8ef451

Split-complementary

#518ef4

#f46551

#e0f451

Tetradic

#518ef4

#b751f4

#f4b751

#8ef451

Square

#518ef4

#f451e0

#f4b751

#51f465

Shades

Color #518ef4 mixed toward black.

#1e6df1

#0d54cc

#0a3f99

#062a66

#031533

Tints

Color #518ef4 mixed toward white.

#6ea1f6

#8bb4f8

#a8c7f9

#c5d9fb

#e2ecfd

Tones

Color #518ef4 mixed toward gray.

#5e91e6

#6c95d9

#7a98cb

#879cbe

#959fb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171e1 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#6d68dc · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#55d0cc · ΔE 33.5

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #518ef4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#518ef4]

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

#518ef4 (#518ef4) is rgb(81, 142, 244) in RGB.

No, #518ef4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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