#52A2BD#52A2BD

#52A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.088 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A2BD
RGB	rgb(82, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, -16.68, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 27.10, 232.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0645 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.088 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5817, 31.3062, 52.8288)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A2BD #BD6D52

analogous

#52BDA2 #52A2BD #526CBD

triadic

#52A2BD #BD52A2 #A2BD52

tetradic

#52A2BD #A252BD #BD6D52 #6CBD52

square

#52A2BD #A252BD #BD6D52 #6CBD52

split-complementary

#52A2BD #BD526C #BDA252

monochromatic

#295B6C #3A8098 #52A2BD #7EBACE #ABD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#52A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#52A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A2BD

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A2BD	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.088 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdd1',
    500: '#52a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a2bd;
$custom-light: #8bbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.14,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6723,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A2BD

secondary

#CCAA9E

accent

#7453D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A2BD

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

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