#5099BC#5099BC

#5099BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.090 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5099BC
RGB	rgb(80, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -12.53, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 28.01, 243.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0562 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.09 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7731, 28.1166, 51.7414)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5099BC #BC7350

analogous

#50BCA9 #5099BC #5063BC

triadic

#5099BC #BC5099 #99BC50

tetradic

#5099BC #A950BC #BC7350 #63BC50

square

#5099BC #A950BC #BC7350 #63BC50

split-complementary

#5099BC #BC5063 #BCA950

monochromatic

#285469 #397896 #5099BC #7CB3CD #A9CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#5099BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#5099BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5099BC

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5099BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5099BC	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5099bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.090 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7d0',
    500: '#5099bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5099bc;
$custom-light: #8ab7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5099bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.444,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64987,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5099BC

secondary

#CBAC9C

accent

#7D53D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5099BC

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

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