HEX Color #50A0F8 (Cornflowerblue)

About #50A0F8

The hex code #50A0F8 represents a beautifully specific shade of blue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Cornflowerblue. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(80, 160, 248).

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 68% cyan and 35% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 211.4° hue, 92.3% saturation, and 64.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#50A0F8

RGB80, 160, 248

HSL211.4°, 92.3%, 64.3%

CMYK68%, 35%, 0%, 3%

HSV211.4°, 67.7%, 97.3%

LAB64.7, 3.1, -51.1

XYZ32.8, 33.6, 93.6

Decimal5284088

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#50A0F8 #F8A84F

Analogous

#4FF3F8 #534FF8

Triadic

#F84F9F #9FF84F

Tetradic

#F84FF4 #F8A84F #4FF853

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#50A0F8

#63AAF8

#76B5F9

#8ABFFA

#9DCAFB

#B1D4FB

#C4DFFC

#D8E9FD

#EBF4FE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#50A0F8

#478EDC

#3E7CC0

#356AA5

#2C5889

#23476E

#1A3552

#112337

#08111B

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.72:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.72:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.60:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.57:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #50A0F8; }

.text-color { color: #50A0F8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #50A0F8; }

Similar Colors

Cornflowerblue

#6495ED