#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
RGB	rgb(80, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -11.94, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 34.33, 249.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0625 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.11 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7008, 34.6656, 70.0783)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##50A8D8	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #50A8D8

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

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