#52879D#52879D

#52879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.066 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52879D
RGB	rgb(82, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -11.46, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 20.67, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0452 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.066 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2272, 21.5547, 35.0917)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52879D #9D6852

analogous

#529D8E #52879D #52629D

triadic

#52879D #9D5287 #879D52

tetradic

#52879D #8E529D #9D6852 #629D52

square

#52879D #8E529D #9D6852 #629D52

split-complementary

#52879D #9D5262 #9D8E52

monochromatic

#28424D #3D6475 #52879D #75A4B7 #9DBECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#52879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#52879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #52879D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52879D	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.066 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aaba',
    500: '#52879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52879d;
$custom-light: #87aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 31.381,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59496,
    "c": 0.06563,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52879D

secondary

#B99D92

accent

#7F60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #52879D

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

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