#52A3BC#52A3BC

#52A3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.087 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A3BC
RGB	rgb(82, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -17.51, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 26.88, 229.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.066 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.087 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6504, 31.6167, 52.3181)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A3BC #BC6B52

analogous

#52BCA0 #52A3BC #526EBC

triadic

#52A3BC #BC52A3 #A3BC52

tetradic

#52A3BC #A052BC #BC6B52 #6EBC52

square

#52A3BC #A052BC #BC6B52 #6EBC52

split-complementary

#52A3BC #BC526E #BCA052

monochromatic

#295B6A #3A8197 #52A3BC #7EBACD #AAD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#52A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#52A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A3BC

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A3BC	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.087 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbed0',
    500: '#52a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a3bc;
$custom-light: #8bbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.151,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67425,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A3BC

secondary

#CCA99E

accent

#7254D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A3BC

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

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