#50899C#50899C

#50899C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.066 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50899C
RGB	rgb(80, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(195, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -13.35, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 20.78, 230.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0497 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.066 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2525, 21.9957, 34.7298)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50899C #9C6350

analogous

#509C89 #50899C #50639C

triadic

#50899C #9C5089 #899C50

tetradic

#50899C #89509C #9C6350 #639C50

square

#50899C #89509C #9C6350 #639C50

split-complementary

#50899C #9C5063 #9C8950

monochromatic

#27424B #3B6574 #50899C #72A6B7 #9BBFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#50899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#50899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50899C

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50899C	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#298F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.066 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abb9',
    500: '#50899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50899c;
$custom-light: #86abb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59834,
    "c": 0.06642,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50899C

secondary

#B89A8F

accent

#7A5FC8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50899C

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

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