#50859F#50859F

#50859F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.069 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50859F
RGB	rgb(80, 133, 159)
HSL	hsl(200, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, -10.24, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 21.87, 242.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0436 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.069 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9515, 20.9823, 35.8982)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50859F #9F6A50

analogous

#509F92 #50859F #505E9F

triadic

#50859F #9F5085 #859F50

tetradic

#50859F #92509F #9F6A50 #5E9F50

square

#50859F #92509F #9F6A50 #5E9F50

split-complementary

#50859F #9F505E #9F9250

monochromatic

#27414E #3C6376 #50859F #73A2B9 #9CBDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#50859F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#50859F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50859F

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50859F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50859F	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7883A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50859f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 133, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.069 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8bb',
    500: '#50859f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50859f;
$custom-light: #86a8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50859f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.747,
    "s": 33.054,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59001,
    "c": 0.0691,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50859F

secondary

#BA9E91

accent

#825FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50859F

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

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