#50838f

Color #50838f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#50838f

RGB

rgb(80, 131, 143)

HSL

hsl(191.4, 28.3%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.4, 44.1%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(51.75, -13.76, -11.82)

LCH

lch(51.75, 18.14, 220.66)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0576, 214.32)

HWB

hwb(191.4, 31.4%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f5c50

Analogous

#508f7b

#50838f

#50638f

Triadic

#50838f

#8f5083

#838f50

Split-complementary

#50838f

#8f5063

#8f7b50

Tetradic

#50838f

#5c508f

#8f5c50

#838f50

Square

#50838f

#7b508f

#8f5c50

#638f50

Shades

Color #50838f mixed toward black.

#436d77

#35575f

#284147

#1b2c30

#0d1618

Tints

Color #50838f mixed toward white.

#669ca9

#84b0ba

#a3c4cc

#c2d8dd

#e0ebee

Tones

Color #50838f mixed toward gray.

#55808a

#5a7c84

#60797f

#65767a

#6a7375

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a8c · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#67638c · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#538a89 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #50838f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#50838f]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#50838f (#50838f) is rgb(80, 131, 143) in RGB.

No, #50838f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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