#5050DC#5050DC

#5050DC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.208 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5050DC
RGB	rgb(80, 80, 220)
HSL	hsl(240, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 63.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 42.10, -71.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 83.06, 300.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.023 -0.2064)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.208 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0910, 12.6085, 69.1239)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5050DC #DCDC50

analogous

#5096DC #5050DC #9650DC

triadic

#5050DC #DC5050 #50DC50

tetradic

#5050DC #DC5096 #DCDC50 #50DC96

square

#5050DC #DC5096 #DCDC50 #50DC96

split-complementary

#5050DC #DC9650 #96DC50

monochromatic

#1E1E94 #2828C7 #5050DC #8383E6 #B6B6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#5050DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#5050DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5050DC

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5050DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5050DC	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5050dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 80, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.208 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9081e8',
    500: '#5050dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5050dc;
$custom-light: #9081e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5050dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51876,
    "c": 0.20769,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5050DC

secondary

#DFDFA8

accent

#EA3EEA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5050DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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