#50859B#50859B

#50859B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.066 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50859B
RGB	rgb(80, 133, 155)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -11.42, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 20.67, 236.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0452 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.066 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6100, 20.8457, 34.0996)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50859B #9B6650

analogous

#509B8B #50859B #505F9B

triadic

#50859B #9B5085 #859B50

tetradic

#50859B #8B509B #9B6650 #5F9B50

square

#50859B #8B509B #9B6650 #5F9B50

split-complementary

#50859B #9B505F #9B8B50

monochromatic

#26404A #3B6273 #50859B #72A2B6 #9ABDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#50859B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#50859B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50859B

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50859B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50859B	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50859b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 133, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.066 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8b8',
    500: '#50859b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50859b;
$custom-light: #86a8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50859b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58833,
    "c": 0.06571,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50859B

secondary

#B89B8F

accent

#7E60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50859B

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

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