#52859D#52859D

#52859D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.066 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52859D
RGB	rgb(82, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(199, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -10.34, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 20.86, 240.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0427 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.066 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9508, 21.0019, 34.9996)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52859D #9D6A52

analogous

#529D90 #52859D #52609D

triadic

#52859D #9D5285 #859D52

tetradic

#52859D #90529D #9D6A52 #609D52

square

#52859D #90529D #9D6A52 #609D52

split-complementary

#52859D #9D5260 #9D9052

monochromatic

#28414D #3D6375 #52859D #75A2B7 #9DBDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#52859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#52859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #52859D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52859D	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.066 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a8ba',
    500: '#52859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52859d;
$custom-light: #87a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 31.381,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5902,
    "c": 0.06588,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52859D

secondary

#B99E92

accent

#8160C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #52859D

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

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