#52A8BC#52A8BC

#52A8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.088 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A8BC
RGB	rgb(82, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -20.14, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 27.11, 222.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0716 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.088 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5558, 33.4274, 52.6199)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A8BC #BC6652

analogous

#52BC9B #52A8BC #5273BC

triadic

#52A8BC #BC52A8 #A8BC52

tetradic

#52A8BC #9B52BC #BC6652 #73BC52

square

#52A8BC #9B52BC #BC6652 #73BC52

split-complementary

#52A8BC #BC5273 #BC9B52

monochromatic

#295E6A #3A8597 #52A8BC #7EBECD #AAD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#52A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#52A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A8BC

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A8BC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.088 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2d0',
    500: '#52a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a8bc;
$custom-light: #8cc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68611,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A8BC

secondary

#CCA79E

accent

#6C54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A8BC

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

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