#50c9d8

Color #50c9d8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 11.78 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#50c9d8

RGB

rgb(80, 201, 216)

HSL

hsl(186.6, 63.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.6, 63%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(63%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(75.1, -28.95, -17.48)

LCH

lch(75.1, 33.82, 211.12)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.1082, 206.64)

HWB

hwb(186.6, 31.4%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d85f50

Analogous

#50d8a3

#50c9d8

#5085d8

Triadic

#50c9d8

#d850c9

#c9d850

Split-complementary

#50c9d8

#d85085

#d8a350

Tetradic

#50c9d8

#5f50d8

#d85f50

#c9d850

Square

#50c9d8

#a350d8

#d85f50

#85d850

Shades

Color #50c9d8 mixed toward black.

#2db8ca

#2494a1

#1b6f79

#124a51

#092528

Tints

Color #50c9d8 mixed toward white.

#6dd2df

#8adbe5

#a7e4ec

#c5edf2

#e2f6f9

Tones

Color #50c9d8 mixed toward gray.

#5bc0cd

#66b7c1

#72aeb6

#7da6ab

#899d9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596d4 · ΔE 28.6

Deuteranopia

#8e84d4 · ΔE 32.5

Tritanopia

#5bd2d1 · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #50c9d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#50c9d8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#50c9d8 (#50c9d8) is rgb(80, 201, 216) in RGB.

No, #50c9d8 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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