#50B4E0#50B4E0

#50B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B4E0
RGB	rgb(80, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -15.86, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 34.57, 242.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0722 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.112 230)
XYZ	xyz(33.0788, 39.7263, 76.4312)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B4E0 #E07C50

analogous

#50E0C4 #50B4E0 #506CE0

triadic

#50B4E0 #E050B4 #B4E050

tetradic

#50B4E0 #C450E0 #E07C50 #6CE050

square

#50B4E0 #C450E0 #E07C50 #6CE050

split-complementary

#50B4E0 #E0506C #E0C450

monochromatic

#1B739A #259ACE #50B4E0 #84CAE9 #B8E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#50B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#50B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B4E0

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B4E0	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcae9',
    500: '#50b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b4e0;
$custom-light: #8fcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72842,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.3973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B4E0

secondary

#E2BBAA

accent

#713BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B4E0

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

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