#50AED5#50AED5

#50AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50AED5
RGB	rgb(80, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -16.11, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 32.32, 240.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0699 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.105 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4498, 36.7786, 68.4321)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50AED5 #D57750

analogous

#50D5B9 #50AED5 #506CD5

triadic

#50AED5 #D550AE #AED550

tetradic

#50AED5 #B950D5 #D57750 #6CD550

square

#50AED5 #B950D5 #D57750 #6CD550

split-complementary

#50AED5 #D5506C #D5B950

monochromatic

#216B8A #2D91BB #50AED5 #81C5E1 #B3DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#50AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#50AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50AED5

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50AED5	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6e2',
    500: '#50aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50aed5;
$custom-light: #8ec6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70976,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50AED5

secondary

#DBB5A6

accent

#7343E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #50AED5

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

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