#52A3BA#52A3BA

#52A3BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.086 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A3BA
RGB	rgb(82, 163, 186)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -18.10, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 26.53, 226.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0668 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.086 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4363, 31.5310, 51.1905)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A3BA #BA6952

analogous

#52BA9D #52A3BA #526FBA

triadic

#52A3BA #BA52A3 #A3BA52

tetradic

#52A3BA #9D52BA #BA6952 #6FBA52

square

#52A3BA #9D52BA #BA6952 #6FBA52

split-complementary

#52A3BA #BA526F #BA9D52

monochromatic

#2A5A68 #3B8094 #52A3BA #7EBACB #AAD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#52A3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#52A3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A3BA

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A3BA	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 163, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.086 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbece',
    500: '#52a3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a3ba;
$custom-light: #8bbece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.269,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67345,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A3BA

secondary

#CAA79D

accent

#7155D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A3BA

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

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