#52A0BC#52A0BC

#52A0BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.087 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A0BC
RGB	rgb(82, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -15.91, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 26.95, 233.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0627 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.087 224)
XYZ	xyz(25.1241, 30.5640, 52.1426)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A0BC #BC6E52

analogous

#52BCA3 #52A0BC #526BBC

triadic

#52A0BC #BC52A0 #A0BC52

tetradic

#52A0BC #A352BC #BC6E52 #6BBC52

square

#52A0BC #A352BC #BC6E52 #6BBC52

split-complementary

#52A0BC #BC526B #BCA352

monochromatic

#29596A #3A7E97 #52A0BC #7EB8CD #AAD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#52A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#52A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A0BC

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A0BC	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.087 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcd0',
    500: '#52a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a0bc;
$custom-light: #8bbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66717,
    "c": 0.08707,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.30566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A0BC

secondary

#CCAA9E

accent

#7654D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A0BC

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

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