#50AFDE#50AFDE

#50AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50AFDE
RGB	rgb(80, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -13.82, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 34.84, 246.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0677 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.112 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8179, 37.6361, 74.6807)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50AFDE #DE7F50

analogous

#50DEC6 #50AFDE #5068DE

triadic

#50AFDE #DE50AF #AFDE50

tetradic

#50AFDE #C650DE #DE7F50 #68DE50

square

#50AFDE #C650DE #DE7F50 #68DE50

split-complementary

#50AFDE #DE5068 #DEC650

monochromatic

#1C6F97 #2694CB #50AFDE #83C7E8 #B7DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#50AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#50AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50AFDE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50AFDE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6e8',
    500: '#50afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50afde;
$custom-light: #8fc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.859,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71603,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50AFDE

secondary

#E1BCA9

accent

#763DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50AFDE

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

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