#52879B#52879B

#52879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.064 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52879B
RGB	rgb(82, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -12.04, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 20.15, 233.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.046 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.064 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0579, 21.4870, 34.1998)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52879B #9B6652

analogous

#529B8B #52879B #52639B

triadic

#52879B #9B5287 #879B52

tetradic

#52879B #8B529B #9B6652 #639B52

square

#52879B #8B529B #9B6652 #639B52

split-complementary

#52879B #9B5263 #9B8B52

monochromatic

#28414B #3D6473 #52879B #74A4B6 #9DBECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#52879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#52879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #52879B

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52879B	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.064 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aab8',
    500: '#52879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52879b;
$custom-light: #87aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 30.802,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59414,
    "c": 0.06411,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52879B

secondary

#B89C91

accent

#7D61C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #52879B

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

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