#50B4DF#50B4DF

#50B4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B4DF
RGB	rgb(80, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -16.17, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 34.29, 241.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0725 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.111 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9436, 39.6723, 75.7191)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B4DF #DF7B50

analogous

#50DFC3 #50B4DF #506DDF

triadic

#50B4DF #DF50B4 #B4DF50

tetradic

#50B4DF #C350DF #DF7B50 #6DDF50

square

#50B4DF #C350DF #DF7B50 #6DDF50

split-complementary

#50B4DF #DF506D #DFC350

monochromatic

#1C7399 #259ACC #50B4DF #84CAE8 #B7E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#50B4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#50B4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B4DF

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B4DF	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcae9',
    500: '#50b4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b4df;
$custom-light: #8fcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.042,
    "s": 69.082,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72798,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B4DF

secondary

#E1BAAA

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B4DF

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

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