#50859C#50859C

#50859C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.067 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50859C
RGB	rgb(80, 133, 156)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -11.13, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 20.95, 237.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0448 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.067 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6944, 20.8795, 34.5438)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50859C #9C6750

analogous

#509C8D #50859C #505F9C

triadic

#50859C #9C5085 #859C50

tetradic

#50859C #8D509C #9C6750 #5F9C50

square

#50859C #8D509C #9C6750 #5F9C50

split-complementary

#50859C #9C505F #9C8D50

monochromatic

#27404B #3B6374 #50859C #72A2B7 #9BBDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#50859C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#50859C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50859C

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50859C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50859C	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50859c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 133, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.067 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8b9',
    500: '#50859c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50859c;
$custom-light: #86a8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50859c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58874,
    "c": 0.06651,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50859C

secondary

#B89C8F

accent

#7F5FC8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50859C

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

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