#50a5af

Color #50a5af

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.67 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#50a5af

RGB

rgb(80, 165, 175)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 37.3%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 54.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(63.1, -22.75, -13.01)

LCH

lch(63.1, 26.21, 209.76)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0831, 205.61)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 31.4%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af5a50

Analogous

#50af89

#50a5af

#5076af

Triadic

#50a5af

#af50a5

#a5af50

Split-complementary

#50a5af

#af5076

#af8950

Tetradic

#50a5af

#5a50af

#af5a50

#a5af50

Square

#50a5af

#8950af

#af5a50

#76af50

Shades

Color #50a5af mixed toward black.

#438a92

#356e75

#285358

#1b373a

#0d1c1d

Tints

Color #50a5af mixed toward white.

#6db4bc

#8ac3ca

#a7d2d7

#c5e1e4

#e2f0f2

Tones

Color #50a5af mixed toward gray.

#589fa7

#60999f

#689297

#708c8f

#788687

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fad · ΔE 26

Deuteranopia

#7972ac · ΔE 28.8

Tritanopia

#57abaa · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #50a5af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#50a5af]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#50a5af (#50a5af) is rgb(80, 165, 175) in RGB.

No, #50a5af 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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