#50BCDE#50BCDE

#50BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BCDE
RGB	rgb(80, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -20.66, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 33.35, 231.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0811 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.109 222)
XYZ	xyz(34.4710, 42.9422, 75.5651)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BCDE #DE7250

analogous

#50DEB9 #50BCDE #5075DE

triadic

#50BCDE #DE50BC #BCDE50

tetradic

#50BCDE #B950DE #DE7250 #75DE50

square

#50BCDE #B950DE #DE7250 #75DE50

split-complementary

#50BCDE #DE5075 #DEB950

monochromatic

#1C7A97 #26A3CB #50BCDE #83D0E8 #B7E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#50BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#50BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BCDE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BCDE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e8',
    500: '#50bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bcde;
$custom-light: #90d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.42946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BCDE

secondary

#E1B6A9

accent

#663DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BCDE

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

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