#52A5BC#52A5BC

#52A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.087 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5BC
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -18.57, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 26.92, 226.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0683 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.087 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0083, 32.3325, 52.4374)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5BC #BC6952

analogous

#52BC9E #52A5BC #5270BC

triadic

#52A5BC #BC52A5 #A5BC52

tetradic

#52A5BC #9E52BC #BC6952 #70BC52

square

#52A5BC #9E52BC #BC6952 #70BC52

split-complementary

#52A5BC #BC5270 #BC9E52

monochromatic

#295C6A #3A8297 #52A5BC #7EBCCD #AAD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#52A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#52A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5BC

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5BC	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.087 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd0',
    500: '#52a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5bc;
$custom-light: #8bbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.019,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67899,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5BC

secondary

#CCA89E

accent

#7054D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5BC

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

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