#52A5BF#52A5BF

#52A5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.089 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5BF
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -17.67, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 27.45, 229.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0671 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.089 221)
XYZ	xyz(26.3351, 32.4632, 54.1583)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5BF #BF6C52

analogous

#52BFA2 #52A5BF #526EBF

triadic

#52A5BF #BF52A5 #A5BF52

tetradic

#52A5BF #A252BF #BF6C52 #6EBF52

square

#52A5BF #A252BF #BF6C52 #6EBF52

split-complementary

#52A5BF #BF526E #BFA252

monochromatic

#295D6E #39839B #52A5BF #7FBCD0 #ABD3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#52A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#52A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5BF

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5BF	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.089 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfd2',
    500: '#52a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5bf;
$custom-light: #8cbfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.312,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6802,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.32466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5BF

secondary

#CEAA9F

accent

#7252D6

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5BF

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

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