#50BDEC#50BDEC

#50BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.119 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BDEC
RGB	rgb(80, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -16.84, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 36.63, 242.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.077 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.119 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6402, 44.1528, 85.9320)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BDEC #EC7F50

analogous

#50ECCD #50BDEC #506FEC

triadic

#50BDEC #EC50BD #BDEC50

tetradic

#50BDEC #CD50EC #EC7F50 #6FEC50

square

#50BDEC #CD50EC #EC7F50 #6FEC50

split-complementary

#50BDEC #EC506F #ECCD50

monochromatic

#1380AF #19A8E6 #50BDEC #87D2F2 #BEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#50BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#50BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BDEC

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BDEC	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.119 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1f2',
    500: '#50bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bdec;
$custom-light: #91d1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.077,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75433,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BDEC

secondary

#E9C0AF

accent

#4909DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BDEC

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

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