#50B4E6#50B4E6

#50B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.117 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B4E6
RGB	rgb(80, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -13.97, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 36.42, 247.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.07 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.117 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9069, 40.0576, 80.7925)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B4E6 #E68250

analogous

#50E6CD #50B4E6 #5069E6

triadic

#50B4E6 #E650B4 #B4E650

tetradic

#50B4E6 #CD50E6 #E68250 #69E650

square

#50B4E6 #CD50E6 #E68250 #69E650

split-complementary

#50B4E6 #E65069 #E6CD50

monochromatic

#1775A4 #1F9BDA #50B4E6 #86CBEE #BBE2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#50B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#50B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B4E6

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B4E6	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.117 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90caee',
    500: '#50b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b4e6;
$custom-light: #90caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73108,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B4E6

secondary

#E5BFAC

accent

#510ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B4E6

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

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