#50BDCE#50BDCE

#50BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BDCE
RGB	rgb(80, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -25.94, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 31.49, 214.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0883 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.101 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6418, 42.5535, 64.8739)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BDCE #CE6150

analogous

#50CEA0 #50BDCE #507ECE

triadic

#50BDCE #CE50BD #BDCE50

tetradic

#50BDCE #A050CE #CE6150 #7ECE50

square

#50BDCE #A050CE #CE6150 #7ECE50

split-complementary

#50BDCE #CE507E #CEA050

monochromatic

#247380 #319FB0 #50BDCE #80CFDB #B0E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#50BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#50BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BDCE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BDCE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1dd',
    500: '#50bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bdce;
$custom-light: #8ed1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.095,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74211,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BDCE

secondary

#D7AAA3

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BDCE

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

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