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Recognised as Colour

#50C8FF

  • #50C8FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#50C8FF is a cyan with RGB values 80, 200, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#50C8FF#50C8FF
HEX#50C8FF
RGBrgb(80, 200, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.7843, 1
RGB percentages31.4%, 78.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(198.9, 100%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.9, 68.6%, 100%)
CMYK68.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,294,335
CSS custom property--colour: #50C8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#AF3700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#95B4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.9Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Sky blue · ΔE 15.9Light steelblue · ΔE 26.5Light blue · ΔE 27Steel blue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8750
Analogous#50FFDF, #5070FF
Triadic#FF50C8, #C8FF50
Split complementary#FF5070, #FFDE50
Tetradic#DF50FF, #FF8750, #71FF50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F8FF
Lighter +20%#B6E8FF
Lighter +10%#83D8FF
Darker −10%#1DB8FF
Darker −20%#00A0E9
Darker −30%#007DB6
Darker −40%#005A83
More saturated +25%#50C8FF
Less saturated −25%#66C0E9

Channel breakdown

R80
G200
B255
Red80 (31.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue198.86°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G C8 · B FF

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