#50B4E3#50B4E3

#50B4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B4E3
RGB	rgb(80, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -14.92, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 35.47, 245.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0711 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.115 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4892, 39.8905, 78.5929)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B4E3 #E37F50

analogous

#50E3C9 #50B4E3 #506AE3

triadic

#50B4E3 #E350B4 #B4E350

tetradic

#50B4E3 #C950E3 #E37F50 #6AE350

square

#50B4E3 #C950E3 #E37F50 #6AE350

split-complementary

#50B4E3 #E3506A #E3C950

monochromatic

#19749F #229BD4 #50B4E3 #85CBEB #BAE1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#50B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#50B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B4E3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B4E3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90caec',
    500: '#50b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b4e3;
$custom-light: #90caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.184,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72974,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B4E3

secondary

#E4BDAB

accent

#5011D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B4E3

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

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