#52A4BC#52A4BC

#52A4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.087 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A4BC
RGB	rgb(82, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -18.04, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 26.90, 227.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0672 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.087 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8287, 31.9732, 52.3775)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A4BC #BC6A52

analogous

#52BC9F #52A4BC #526FBC

triadic

#52A4BC #BC52A4 #A4BC52

tetradic

#52A4BC #9F52BC #BC6A52 #6FBC52

square

#52A4BC #9F52BC #BC6A52 #6FBC52

split-complementary

#52A4BC #BC526F #BC9F52

monochromatic

#295C6A #3A8297 #52A4BC #7EBBCD #AAD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#52A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#52A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A4BC

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A4BC	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.087 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd0',
    500: '#52a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a4bc;
$custom-light: #8bbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67662,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A4BC

secondary

#CCA89E

accent

#7154D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A4BC

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

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