#518ea2

Color #518ea2

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.07 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#518ea2

RGB

rgb(81, 142, 162)

HSL

hsl(194.8, 33.3%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.8, 50%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(55.79, -14.11, -16.69)

LCH

lch(55.79, 21.86, 229.79)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.07, 221.29)

HWB

hwb(194.8, 31.8%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a26551

Analogous

#51a28d

#518ea2

#5165a2

Triadic

#518ea2

#a2518e

#8ea251

Split-complementary

#518ea2

#a25165

#a28d51

Tetradic

#518ea2

#6551a2

#a26551

#8ea251

Square

#518ea2

#8d51a2

#a26551

#65a251

Shades

Color #518ea2 mixed toward black.

#437687

#365f6c

#284751

#1b2f36

#0d181b

Tints

Color #518ea2 mixed toward white.

#6ba2b5

#88b5c4

#a6c7d2

#c4dae1

#e1ecf0

Tones

Color #518ea2 mixed toward gray.

#588a9b

#5e8794

#65848e

#6c8087

#737d80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#71719d · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#6d689c · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#559a99 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #518ea2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#518ea2]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#518ea2 (#518ea2) is rgb(81, 142, 162) in RGB.

No, #518ea2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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