#50BDCD#50BDCD

#50BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BDCD
RGB	rgb(80, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -26.23, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 31.45, 213.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0887 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.101 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5207, 42.5051, 64.2362)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BDCD #CD6050

analogous

#50CD9E #50BDCD #507ECD

triadic

#50BDCD #CD50BD #BDCD50

tetradic

#50BDCD #9E50CD #CD6050 #7ECD50

square

#50BDCD #9E50CD #CD6050 #7ECD50

split-complementary

#50BDCD #CD507E #CD9E50

monochromatic

#24737E #329EAE #50BDCD #80CFDB #AFE1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#50BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#50BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BDCD

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BDCD	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1dc',
    500: '#50bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bdcd;
$custom-light: #8ed1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.68,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74173,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BDCD

secondary

#D6A9A2

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BDCD

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

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