#52A5BB#52A5BB

#52A5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.087 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5BB
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -18.86, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 26.77, 225.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0687 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.087 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9009, 32.2895, 51.8716)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5BB #BB6852

analogous

#52BB9C #52A5BB #5271BB

triadic

#52A5BB #BB52A5 #A5BB52

tetradic

#52A5BB #9C52BB #BB6852 #71BB52

square

#52A5BB #9C52BB #BB6852 #71BB52

split-complementary

#52A5BB #BB5271 #BB9C52

monochromatic

#295C69 #3B8295 #52A5BB #7EBCCC #AAD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#52A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#52A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5BB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5BB	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.087 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfcf',
    500: '#52a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5bb;
$custom-light: #8bbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67859,
    "c": 0.08655,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5BB

secondary

#CBA79E

accent

#6F54D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5BB

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

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