#50BCDF#50BCDF

#50BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BCDF
RGB	rgb(80, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -20.35, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 33.55, 232.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0807 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.11 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6054, 42.9960, 76.2730)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BCDF #DF7350

analogous

#50DFBA #50BCDF #5075DF

triadic

#50BCDF #DF50BC #BCDF50

tetradic

#50BCDF #BA50DF #DF7350 #75DF50

square

#50BCDF #BA50DF #DF7350 #75DF50

split-complementary

#50BCDF #DF5075 #DFBA50

monochromatic

#1C7A99 #25A4CC #50BCDF #84D0E8 #B7E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#50BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#50BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BCDF

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BCDF	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e9',
    500: '#50bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bcdf;
$custom-light: #90d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.685,
    "s": 69.082,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74649,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BCDF

secondary

#E1B7AA

accent

#673CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BCDF

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

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