#50b9ad

Color #50b9ad

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 6.36 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#50b9ad

RGB

rgb(80, 185, 173)

HSL

hsl(173.1, 42.9%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.1, 56.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(69.05, -33.14, -3.05)

LCH

lch(69.05, 33.28, 185.26)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0985, 185.07)

HWB

hwb(173.1, 31.4%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9505c

Analogous

#50b979

#50b9ad

#5091b9

Triadic

#50b9ad

#ad50b9

#b9ad50

Split-complementary

#50b9ad

#b95091

#b97950

Tetradic

#50b9ad

#505cb9

#b9505c

#b9ad50

Square

#50b9ad

#7950b9

#b9505c

#91b950

Shades

Color #50b9ad mixed toward black.

#3f9e93

#327e76

#265f58

#193f3b

#0d201d

Tints

Color #50b9ad mixed toward white.

#6dc5bb

#8ad0c8

#a8dcd6

#c5e8e4

#e2f3f1

Tones

Color #50b9ad mixed toward gray.

#59b0a6

#62a8a0

#6a9f99

#739692

#7c8d8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bb0 · ΔE 29.8

Deuteranopia

#847cb1 · ΔE 34.2

Tritanopia

#59b2b3 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #50b9ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#50b9ad]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#50b9ad (#50b9ad) is rgb(80, 185, 173) in RGB.

No, #50b9ad 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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