#50899D#50899D

#50899D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.067 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50899D
RGB	rgb(80, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -13.06, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 21.00, 231.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0493 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.067 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3375, 22.0297, 35.1776)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50899D #9D6450

analogous

#509D8B #50899D #50639D

triadic

#50899D #9D5089 #899D50

tetradic

#50899D #8B509D #9D6450 #639D50

square

#50899D #8B509D #9D6450 #639D50

split-complementary

#50899D #9D5063 #9D8B50

monochromatic

#27424C #3B6674 #50899D #73A6B8 #9BBFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#50899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#50899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50899D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50899D	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.067 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abba',
    500: '#50899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50899d;
$custom-light: #86abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59875,
    "c": 0.0671,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50899D

secondary

#B99B90

accent

#7B5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50899D

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

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