#50B2DD#50B2DD

#50B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B2DD
RGB	rgb(80, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -15.74, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 34.01, 242.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0712 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.11 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2747, 38.7634, 74.1738)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B2DD #DD7B50

analogous

#50DDC2 #50B2DD #506CDD

triadic

#50B2DD #DD50B2 #B2DD50

tetradic

#50B2DD #C250DD #DD7B50 #6CDD50

square

#50B2DD #C250DD #DD7B50 #6CDD50

split-complementary

#50B2DD #DD506C #DDC250

monochromatic

#1D7196 #2797C9 #50B2DD #83C9E7 #B6DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#50B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#50B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B2DD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B2DD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e7',
    500: '#50b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b2dd;
$custom-light: #8fc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.298,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7225,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B2DD

secondary

#E0BAA9

accent

#723DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B2DD

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

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