#52A2BE#52A2BE

#52A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.088 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A2BE
RGB	rgb(82, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -16.38, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 27.32, 233.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0642 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.088 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6907, 31.3498, 53.4025)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A2BE #BE6E52

analogous

#52BEA4 #52A2BE #526CBE

triadic

#52A2BE #BE52A2 #A2BE52

tetradic

#52A2BE #A452BE #BE6E52 #6CBE52

square

#52A2BE #A452BE #BE6E52 #6CBE52

split-complementary

#52A2BE #BE526C #BEA452

monochromatic

#295B6D #3A8099 #52A2BE #7EBACF #ABD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#52A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#52A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A2BE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A2BE	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.088 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdd1',
    500: '#52a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a2be;
$custom-light: #8bbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67271,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A2BE

secondary

#CDAB9F

accent

#7553D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A2BE

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

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