#50859E#50859E

#50859E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.068 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50859E
RGB	rgb(80, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(199, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -10.54, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 21.55, 240.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.044 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.068 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8651, 20.9478, 35.4430)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50859E #9E6950

analogous

#509E90 #50859E #505E9E

triadic

#50859E #9E5085 #859E50

tetradic

#50859E #90509E #9E6950 #5E9E50

square

#50859E #90509E #9E6950 #5E9E50

split-complementary

#50859E #9E505E #9E9050

monochromatic

#27414D #3B6375 #50859E #73A2B8 #9CBDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#50859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#50859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50859E

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50859E	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.068 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8ba',
    500: '#50859e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50859e;
$custom-light: #86a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.231,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58959,
    "c": 0.06822,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50859E

secondary

#BA9D90

accent

#815FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50859E

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

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