#52A5BE#52A5BE

#52A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.088 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5BE
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -17.97, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 27.27, 228.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0675 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.088 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2254, 32.4193, 53.5807)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5BE #BE6B52

analogous

#52BEA1 #52A5BE #526FBE

triadic

#52A5BE #BE52A5 #A5BE52

tetradic

#52A5BE #A152BE #BE6B52 #6FBE52

square

#52A5BE #A152BE #BE6B52 #6FBE52

split-complementary

#52A5BE #BE526F #BEA152

monochromatic

#295D6D #3A8399 #52A5BE #7EBCCF #ABD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#52A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#52A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5BE

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5BE	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.088 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfd1',
    500: '#52a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5be;
$custom-light: #8cbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.889,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67979,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5BE

secondary

#CDA99F

accent

#7153D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5BE

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

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