#52A0BD#52A0BD

#52A0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.088 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A0BD
RGB	rgb(82, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -15.61, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 27.19, 234.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0623 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.088 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2322, 30.6072, 52.7123)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A0BD #BD6F52

analogous

#52BDA5 #52A0BD #526ABD

triadic

#52A0BD #BD52A0 #A0BD52

tetradic

#52A0BD #A552BD #BD6F52 #6ABD52

square

#52A0BD #A552BD #BD6F52 #6ABD52

split-complementary

#52A0BD #BD526A #BDA552

monochromatic

#295A6C #3A7E98 #52A0BD #7EB8CE #ABD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#52A0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#52A0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A0BD

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A0BD	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.088 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcd1',
    500: '#52a0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a0bd;
$custom-light: #8bbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.262,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66758,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A0BD

secondary

#CCAB9E

accent

#7653D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A0BD

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

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