#50BDDF#50BDDF

#50BDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BDDF
RGB	rgb(80, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -20.86, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 33.51, 231.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0817 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.11 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8198, 43.4247, 76.3445)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BDDF #DF7250

analogous

#50DFBA #50BDDF #5076DF

triadic

#50BDDF #DF50BD #BDDF50

tetradic

#50BDDF #BA50DF #DF7250 #76DF50

square

#50BDDF #BA50DF #DF7250 #76DF50

split-complementary

#50BDDF #DF5076 #DFBA50

monochromatic

#1C7B99 #25A5CC #50BDDF #84D1E8 #B7E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#50BDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#50BDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BDDF

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BDDF	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e9',
    500: '#50bddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bddf;
$custom-light: #90d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.266,
    "s": 69.082,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BDDF

secondary

#E1B7AA

accent

#663CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BDDF

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

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