#50839E#50839E

#50839E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.069 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50839E
RGB	rgb(80, 131, 158)
HSL	hsl(201, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, -9.41, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 21.85, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0416 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.069 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5939, 20.4053, 35.3526)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50839E #9E6B50

analogous

#509E92 #50839E #505C9E

triadic

#50839E #9E5083 #839E50

tetradic

#50839E #92509E #9E6B50 #5C9E50

square

#50839E #92509E #9E6B50 #5C9E50

split-complementary

#50839E #9E505C #9E9250

monochromatic

#27404D #3B6175 #50839E #73A0B8 #9CBCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#50839E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#50839E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50839E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50839E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50839E	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76829F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#298A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50839e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 131, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.069 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a7ba',
    500: '#50839e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50839e;
$custom-light: #86a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50839e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58482,
    "c": 0.06869,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50839E

secondary

#BA9F90

accent

#845FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50839E

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

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