#50B4E9#50B4E9

#50B4E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.120 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50B4E9
RGB	rgb(80, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -13.01, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 37.42, 249.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.069 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.12 235)
XYZ	xyz(34.3318, 40.2275, 83.0304)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50B4E9 #E98550

analogous

#50E9D1 #50B4E9 #5068E9

triadic

#50B4E9 #E950B4 #B4E950

tetradic

#50B4E9 #D150E9 #E98550 #68E950

square

#50B4E9 #D150E9 #E98550 #68E950

split-complementary

#50B4E9 #E95068 #E9D150

monochromatic

#1576A9 #1C9CE0 #50B4E9 #86CBF0 #BDE3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#50B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#50B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50B4E9

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50B4E9	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.120 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90caf0',
    500: '#50b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50b4e9;
$custom-light: #90caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.784,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.40231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50B4E9

secondary

#E7C2AE

accent

#530CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50B4E9

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

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