#518ae5

Color #518ae5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.94 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#518ae5

RGB

rgb(81, 138, 229)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 74%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 64.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.6%, 39.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(57.64, 9.73, -51.72)

LCH

lch(57.64, 52.63, 280.65)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1499, 259.35)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 31.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ac51

Analogous

#51d4e5

#518ae5

#6251e5

Triadic

#518ae5

#e5518a

#8ae551

Split-complementary

#518ae5

#e56251

#d4e551

Tetradic

#518ae5

#ac51e5

#e5ac51

#8ae551

Square

#518ae5

#e551d4

#e5ac51

#51e562

Shades

Color #518ae5 mixed toward black.

#246cde

#1b56b4

#144087

#0d2b5a

#07152d

Tints

Color #518ae5 mixed toward white.

#6e9ee9

#8bb1ee

#a8c5f2

#c5d8f6

#e2ecfb

Tones

Color #518ae5 mixed toward gray.

#5d8dd9

#6a90cc

#7693c0

#8295b4

#8f98a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6fd4 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#6b66cf · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#55c4c1 · ΔE 31.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #518ae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#518ae5]

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

#518ae5 (#518ae5) is rgb(81, 138, 229) in RGB.

No, #518ae5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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