#50879B#50879B

#50879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.066 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50879B
RGB	rgb(80, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -12.54, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 20.58, 232.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0477 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.066 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8865, 21.3986, 34.1918)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50879B #9B6450

analogous

#509B89 #50879B #50619B

triadic

#50879B #9B5087 #879B50

tetradic

#50879B #89509B #9B6450 #619B50

square

#50879B #89509B #9B6450 #619B50

split-complementary

#50879B #9B5061 #9B8950

monochromatic

#26414A #3B6473 #50879B #72A4B6 #9ABECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#50879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#50879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50879B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50879B	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C849C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.066 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aab8',
    500: '#50879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50879b;
$custom-light: #86aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59312,
    "c": 0.06564,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50879B

secondary

#B89A8F

accent

#7C60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50879B

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

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