#50B4DC#50B4DC

#50B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B4DC
RGB	rgb(80, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -17.11, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 33.47, 239.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0736 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.109 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5427, 39.5119, 73.6078)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B4DC #DC7850

analogous

#50DCBE #50B4DC #506EDC

triadic

#50B4DC #DC50B4 #B4DC50

tetradic

#50B4DC #BE50DC #DC7850 #6EDC50

square

#50B4DC #BE50DC #DC7850 #6EDC50

split-complementary

#50B4DC #DC506E #DCBE50

monochromatic

#1E7294 #289AC7 #50B4DC #83CAE6 #B6E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#50B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#50B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B4DC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B4DC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcae7',
    500: '#50b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b4dc;
$custom-light: #8fcae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B4DC

secondary

#DFB8A8

accent

#6F3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B4DC

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

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