#50bcd5

Color #50bcd5

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#50bcd5

RGB

rgb(80, 188, 213)

HSL

hsl(191.3, 61.3%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.3, 62.4%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(71.2, -23.37, -21.77)

LCH

lch(71.2, 31.94, 222.97)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.1039, 215.6)

HWB

hwb(191.3, 31.4%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d56950

Analogous

#50d5ac

#50bcd5

#507ad5

Triadic

#50bcd5

#d550bc

#bcd550

Split-complementary

#50bcd5

#d5507a

#d5ac50

Tetradic

#50bcd5

#6950d5

#d56950

#bcd550

Square

#50bcd5

#ac50d5

#d56950

#7ad550

Shades

Color #50bcd5 mixed toward black.

#2fa9c5

#26879e

#1c6576

#13444f

#092227

Tints

Color #50bcd5 mixed toward white.

#6dc7dc

#8ad2e3

#a8deea

#c5e9f1

#e2f4f8

Tones

Color #50bcd5 mixed toward gray.

#5bb5ca

#66aebf

#71a7b4

#7ca0a9

#889a9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8dcf · ΔE 26

Deuteranopia

#867ece · ΔE 29

Tritanopia

#5acbca · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #50bcd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#50bcd5]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#50bcd5 (#50bcd5) is rgb(80, 188, 213) in RGB.

No, #50bcd5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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