#50B4E2#50B4E2

#50B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B4E2
RGB	rgb(80, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -15.23, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 35.16, 244.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0714 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.114 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3516, 39.8355, 77.8681)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B4E2 #E27E50

analogous

#50E2C7 #50B4E2 #506BE2

triadic

#50B4E2 #E250B4 #B4E250

tetradic

#50B4E2 #C750E2 #E27E50 #6BE250

square

#50B4E2 #C750E2 #E27E50 #6BE250

split-complementary

#50B4E2 #E2506B #E2C750

monochromatic

#1A749E #239BD2 #50B4E2 #84CBEB #B9E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#50B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#50B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B4E2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B4E2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90caeb',
    500: '#50b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b4e2;
$custom-light: #90caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7293,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B4E2

secondary

#E3BDAB

accent

#7239EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B4E2

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

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