#50BCED#50BCED

#50BCED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BCED
RGB	rgb(80, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -16.00, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 37.08, 244.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0756 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.12 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5715, 43.7824, 86.6278)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BCED #ED8150

analogous

#50EDCF #50BCED #506EED

triadic

#50BCED #ED50BC #BCED50

tetradic

#50BCED #CF50ED #ED8150 #6EED50

square

#50BCED #CF50ED #ED8150 #6EED50

split-complementary

#50BCED #ED506E #EDCF50

monochromatic

#127FB0 #19A7E7 #50BCED #87D1F3 #BFE6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#50BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#50BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BCED

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BCED	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0f3',
    500: '#50bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bced;
$custom-light: #91d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.726,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BCED

secondary

#E9C2B0

accent

#4B08DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BCED

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

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