#50879F#50879F

#50879F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.069 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50879F
RGB	rgb(80, 135, 159)
HSL	hsl(198, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -11.36, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 21.63, 238.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0461 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.069 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2280, 21.5352, 35.9903)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50879F #9F6850

analogous

#509F90 #50879F #50609F

triadic

#50879F #9F5087 #879F50

tetradic

#50879F #90509F #9F6850 #609F50

square

#50879F #90509F #9F6850 #609F50

split-complementary

#50879F #9F5060 #9F9050

monochromatic

#27424E #3C6476 #50879F #73A4B9 #9CBECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#50879F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#50879F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50879F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50879F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50879F	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50879f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 135, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.069 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aabb',
    500: '#50879f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50879f;
$custom-light: #86aabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50879f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.228,
    "s": 33.054,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59478,
    "c": 0.06874,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50879F

secondary

#BA9D91

accent

#7F5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50879F

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

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