#50A5DD#50A5DD

#50A5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.116 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50A5DD
RGB	rgb(80, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -8.69, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 37.00, 256.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0578 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.116 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8096, 33.8332, 73.3521)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50A5DD #DD8850

analogous

#50DDCF #50A5DD #505FDD

triadic

#50A5DD #DD50A5 #A5DD50

tetradic

#50A5DD #CF50DD #DD8850 #5FDD50

square

#50A5DD #CF50DD #DD8850 #5FDD50

split-complementary

#50A5DD #DD505F #DDCF50

monochromatic

#1D6696 #2789C9 #50A5DD #83BFE7 #B6DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#50A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#50A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50A5DD

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50A5DD	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.116 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfe7',
    500: '#50a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50a5dd;
$custom-light: #8ebfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.83,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69269,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50A5DD

secondary

#E0BFA9

accent

#823DEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #50A5DD

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

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