#518ff6

Color #518ff6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 6.48 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#518ff6

RGB

rgb(81, 143, 246)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 90.2%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 67.1%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.1%, 41.9%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(59.93, 12.56, -57.48)

LCH

lch(59.93, 58.84, 282.33)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.1666, 259.98)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 31.8%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6b851

Analogous

#51e1f6

#518ff6

#6651f6

Triadic

#518ff6

#f6518f

#8ff651

Split-complementary

#518ff6

#f66651

#e1f651

Tetradic

#518ff6

#b851f6

#f6b851

#8ff651

Square

#518ff6

#f651e1

#f6b851

#51f666

Shades

Color #518ff6 mixed toward black.

#1d6df3

#0b54cf

#083f9b

#052a68

#031534

Tints

Color #518ff6 mixed toward white.

#6ea2f8

#8bb4f9

#a8c7fb

#c5dafc

#e2ecfe

Tones

Color #518ff6 mixed toward gray.

#5f92e8

#6c96db

#7a99cd

#889dbf

#96a0b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172e3 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#6e69de · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#55d2ce · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #518ff6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#518ff6]

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

#518ff6 (#518ff6) is rgb(81, 143, 246) in RGB.

No, #518ff6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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