#52A4BE#52A4BE

#52A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.088 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A4BE
RGB	rgb(82, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -17.44, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 27.27, 230.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0664 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.088 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0458, 32.0600, 53.5208)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A4BE #BE6C52

analogous

#52BEA2 #52A4BE #526EBE

triadic

#52A4BE #BE52A4 #A4BE52

tetradic

#52A4BE #A252BE #BE6C52 #6EBE52

square

#52A4BE #A252BE #BE6C52 #6EBE52

split-complementary

#52A4BE #BE526E #BEA252

monochromatic

#295C6D #3A8299 #52A4BE #7EBBCF #ABD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#52A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#52A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A4BE

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A4BE	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.088 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfd1',
    500: '#52a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a4be;
$custom-light: #8cbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67743,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A4BE

secondary

#CDAA9F

accent

#7253D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A4BE

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

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