#50B4E4#50B4E4

#50B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B4E4
RGB	rgb(80, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -14.60, -32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 35.78, 245.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0707 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.116 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6276, 39.9459, 79.3219)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B4E4 #E48050

analogous

#50E4CA #50B4E4 #506AE4

triadic

#50B4E4 #E450B4 #B4E450

tetradic

#50B4E4 #CA50E4 #E48050 #6AE450

square

#50B4E4 #CA50E4 #E48050 #6AE450

split-complementary

#50B4E4 #E4506A #E4CA50

monochromatic

#1975A1 #219BD6 #50B4E4 #85CBEC #BAE1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#50B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#50B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B4E4

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B4E4	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90caec',
    500: '#50b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b4e4;
$custom-light: #90caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B4E4

secondary

#E4BEAC

accent

#5010D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B4E4

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

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