#50A8D8#50A8D8

#50A8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.110 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#50A8D8
RGBrgb(80, 168, 216)
HSLhsl(201, 64%, 58%)
HSVhsv(201, 63%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.49, -11.94, -32.18)
CIE-LCHlch(65.49, 34.33, 249.64°)
OKLaboklab(69.72% -0.0625 -0.0902)
OKLCHoklch(69.72% 0.11 235.3)
XYZxyz(29.7008, 34.6656, 70.0783)
Luminance0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#50A8D8 #D88050
analogous
#50D8C4 #50A8D8 #5064D8
triadic
#50A8D8 #D850A8 #A8D850
tetradic
#50A8D8 #C450D8 #D88050 #64D850
square
#50A8D8 #C450D8 #D88050 #64D850
split-complementary
#50A8D8 #D85064 #D8C450
monochromatic
#20678E #2B8BC0 #50A8D8 #82C1E3 #B4DAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#50A8D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93
#50A8D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50A8D8
7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##50A8D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##50A8D81.002.657.937.93
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9321.001.001.00
##0000007.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A7DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E99D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #50a8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.110 235.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1e4',
    500: '#50a8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #50a8d8;
$custom-light: #8ec1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#50a8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#50A8D8
secondary
#DDBAA7
accent
#7C41E7
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F7FB
border
#CCD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#50A8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva