#50BDDD#50BDDD

#50BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BDDD
RGB	rgb(80, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -21.47, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 33.15, 229.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0825 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.108 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5517, 43.3175, 74.9328)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BDDD #DD7050

analogous

#50DDB7 #50BDDD #5077DD

triadic

#50BDDD #DD50BD #BDDD50

tetradic

#50BDDD #B750DD #DD7050 #77DD50

square

#50BDDD #B750DD #DD7050 #77DD50

split-complementary

#50BDDD #DD5077 #DDB750

monochromatic

#1D7A96 #27A4C9 #50BDDD #83D0E7 #B6E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#50BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#50BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BDDD

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BDDD	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1e7',
    500: '#50bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bddd;
$custom-light: #8fd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.617,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.748,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BDDD

secondary

#E0B5A9

accent

#653DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BDDD

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

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