#50ADD4#50ADD4

#50ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.104 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50ADD4
RGB	rgb(80, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -15.89, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 32.17, 240.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0692 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.104 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1308, 36.3430, 67.7016)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50ADD4 #D47750

analogous

#50D4B9 #50ADD4 #506BD4

triadic

#50ADD4 #D450AD #ADD450

tetradic

#50ADD4 #B950D4 #D47750 #6BD450

square

#50ADD4 #B950D4 #D47750 #6BD450

split-complementary

#50ADD4 #D4506B #D4B950

monochromatic

#216A88 #2E90B9 #50ADD4 #81C4E0 #B2DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#50ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#50ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50ADD4

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50ADD4	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.104 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5e1',
    500: '#50add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50add4;
$custom-light: #8dc5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70701,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50ADD4

secondary

#DBB5A5

accent

#7344E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #50ADD4

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

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