#50BCD4#50BCD4

#50BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BCD4
RGB	rgb(80, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -23.67, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 31.82, 221.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0849 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.103 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1703, 42.4219, 68.7147)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BCD4 #D46850

analogous

#50D4AA #50BCD4 #507AD4

triadic

#50BCD4 #D450BC #BCD450

tetradic

#50BCD4 #AA50D4 #D46850 #7AD450

square

#50BCD4 #AA50D4 #D46850 #7AD450

split-complementary

#50BCD4 #D4507A #D4AA50

monochromatic

#217588 #2EA0B9 #50BCD4 #81CFE0 #B2E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#50BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#50BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BCD4

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BCD4	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0e1',
    500: '#50bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bcd4;
$custom-light: #8ed0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74206,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BCD4

secondary

#DBAFA5

accent

#6144E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BCD4

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

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