#50879E#50879E

#50879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.068 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50879E
RGB	rgb(80, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(198, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -11.66, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 21.35, 236.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0465 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.068 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1415, 21.5006, 35.5352)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50879E #9E6750

analogous

#509E8E #50879E #50609E

triadic

#50879E #9E5087 #879E50

tetradic

#50879E #8E509E #9E6750 #609E50

square

#50879E #8E509E #9E6750 #609E50

split-complementary

#50879E #9E5060 #9E8E50

monochromatic

#27424D #3B6475 #50879E #73A4B8 #9CBECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#50879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#50879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50879E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50879E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.068 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aaba',
    500: '#50879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50879e;
$custom-light: #86aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.06792,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50879E

secondary

#BA9C90

accent

#7E5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50879E

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

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