#50879C#50879C

#50879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.066 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50879C
RGB	rgb(80, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(197, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -12.25, -16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 20.82, 233.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0473 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.066 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9708, 21.4323, 34.6359)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50879C #9C6550

analogous

#509C8B #50879C #50619C

triadic

#50879C #9C5087 #879C50

tetradic

#50879C #8B509C #9C6550 #619C50

square

#50879C #8B509C #9C6550 #619C50

split-complementary

#50879C #9C5061 #9C8B50

monochromatic

#27414B #3B6474 #50879C #72A4B7 #9BBECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#50879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#50879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50879C

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50879C	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.066 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aab9',
    500: '#50879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50879c;
$custom-light: #86aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59353,
    "c": 0.06637,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50879C

secondary

#B89B8F

accent

#7C5FC8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50879C

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

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