Colour

#50D8DB

#50D8DB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#50D8DB is a cyan with RGB values 80, 216, 219 and HSL 181°, 66%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#50D8DB#50D8DB

HEX#50D8DB

RGBrgb(80, 216, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.8471, 0.8588

RGB percentages31.4%, 84.7%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(181.3, 65.9%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 63.5%, 85.9%)

CMYK63.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,298,395

CSS custom property--colour: #50D8DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.19:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#AF2724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CACEDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4BEDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.5 Turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.2 Aqua · ΔE 17.4 Cyan · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.27, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DB5350

Analogous#50DB98, #5092DB

Triadic#DB50D8, #D8DB50

Split complementary#DB5092, #DB9850

Tetradic#9950DB, #DB5350, #93DB50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F9FEFE

Lighter +30%#CFF4F5

Lighter +20%#A5EBEC

Lighter +10%#7AE1E4

Darker −10%#2ACACE

Darker −20%#22A1A3

Darker −30%#197779

Darker −40%#104D4F

More saturated +25%#36F1F5

Less saturated −25%#6ABFC1

Channel breakdown

R80

G216

B219

Red80 (31.4%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue181.29°

Saturation (HSL)65.88%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G D8 · B DB

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