#50BCEC#50BCEC

#50BCEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BCEC
RGB	rgb(80, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -16.31, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 36.79, 243.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.076 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.12 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4258, 43.7241, 85.8605)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BCEC #EC8050

analogous

#50ECCE #50BCEC #506EEC

triadic

#50BCEC #EC50BC #BCEC50

tetradic

#50BCEC #CE50EC #EC8050 #6EEC50

square

#50BCEC #CE50EC #EC8050 #6EEC50

split-complementary

#50BCEC #EC506E #ECCE50

monochromatic

#137FAF #19A7E6 #50BCEC #87D1F2 #BEE6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#50BCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#50BCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BCEC

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BCEC	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0f2',
    500: '#50bcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bcec;
$custom-light: #91d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75205,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BCEC

secondary

#E9C1AF

accent

#4A09DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BCEC

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

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