#52A1BB#52A1BB

#52A1BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.086 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A1BB
RGB	rgb(82, 161, 187)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -16.75, -20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 26.70, 231.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0642 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.086 222)
XYZ	xyz(25.1907, 30.8691, 51.6349)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A1BB #BB6C52

analogous

#52BBA0 #52A1BB #526DBB

triadic

#52A1BB #BB52A1 #A1BB52

tetradic

#52A1BB #A052BB #BB6C52 #6DBB52

square

#52A1BB #A052BB #BB6C52 #6DBB52

split-complementary

#52A1BB #BB526D #BBA052

monochromatic

#295969 #3B7F95 #52A1BB #7EB9CC #AAD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#52A1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#52A1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A1BB

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A1BB	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 161, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.086 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdcf',
    500: '#52a1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a1bb;
$custom-light: #8bbdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.857,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66912,
    "c": 0.08634,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.30871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A1BB

secondary

#CBA99E

accent

#7454D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A1BB

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

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