#52A0BE#52A0BE

#52A0BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.089 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A0BE
RGB	rgb(82, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -15.31, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 27.43, 236.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0619 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.089 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3412, 30.6508, 53.2860)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A0BE #BE7052

analogous

#52BEA6 #52A0BE #526ABE

triadic

#52A0BE #BE52A0 #A0BE52

tetradic

#52A0BE #A652BE #BE7052 #6ABE52

square

#52A0BE #A652BE #BE7052 #6ABE52

split-complementary

#52A0BE #BE526A #BEA652

monochromatic

#295A6D #3A7F99 #52A0BE #7EB8CF #ABD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#52A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#52A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A0BE

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A0BE	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.089 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcd1',
    500: '#52a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a0be;
$custom-light: #8bbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.668,
    "c": 0.08855,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A0BE

secondary

#CDAC9F

accent

#7753D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A0BE

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

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