#50B2E5#50B2E5

#50B2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B2E5
RGB	rgb(80, 178, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -13.21, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 36.51, 248.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0684 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.117 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3660, 39.1999, 79.9215)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B2E5 #E58350

analogous

#50E5CD #50B2E5 #5067E5

triadic

#50B2E5 #E550B2 #B2E550

tetradic

#50B2E5 #CD50E5 #E58350 #67E550

square

#50B2E5 #CD50E5 #E58350 #67E550

split-complementary

#50B2E5 #E55067 #E5CD50

monochromatic

#1873A2 #2099D8 #50B2E5 #85C9ED #BBE1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#50B2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#50B2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B2E5

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B2E5	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 178, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9ed',
    500: '#50b2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b2e5;
$custom-light: #90c9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B2E5

secondary

#E5BFAC

accent

#530FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B2E5

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

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