#52A8BE#52A8BE

#52A8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.089 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A8BE
RGB	rgb(82, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -19.55, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 27.37, 224.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0708 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.089 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7729, 33.5143, 53.7632)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A8BE #BE6852

analogous

#52BE9E #52A8BE #5272BE

triadic

#52A8BE #BE52A8 #A8BE52

tetradic

#52A8BE #9E52BE #BE6852 #72BE52

square

#52A8BE #9E52BE #BE6852 #72BE52

split-complementary

#52A8BE #BE5272 #BE9E52

monochromatic

#295F6D #3A8699 #52A8BE #7EBECF #ABD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#52A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#52A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A8BE

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A8BE	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.089 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2d1',
    500: '#52a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a8be;
$custom-light: #8cc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.222,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68689,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A8BE

secondary

#CDA89F

accent

#6D53D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A8BE

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

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