#52838E#52838E

#52838E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.055 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52838E
RGB	rgb(82, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(191, 27%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, -13.50, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 17.50, 219.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0462 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.055 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4767, 19.9783, 28.5739)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52838E #8E5D52

analogous

#528E7B #52838E #52658E

triadic

#52838E #8E5283 #838E52

tetradic

#52838E #7B528E #8E5D52 #658E52

square

#52838E #7B528E #8E5D52 #658E52

split-complementary

#52838E #8E5265 #8E7B52

monochromatic

#253B40 #3C5F67 #52838E #70A2AD #97BBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#52838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#52838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #52838E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52838E	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A808F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.055 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a7af',
    500: '#52838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52838e;
$custom-light: #86a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 26.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57936,
    "c": 0.05544,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52838E

secondary

#B0928C

accent

#7665C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52838E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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