#52ABCA#52ABCA

#52ABCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ABCA
RGB	rgb(82, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -17.53, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 29.57, 233.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0695 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.096 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6991, 35.1811, 61.1439)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ABCA #CA7152

analogous

#52CAAD #52ABCA #526FCA

triadic

#52ABCA #CA52AB #ABCA52

tetradic

#52ABCA #AD52CA #CA7152 #6FCA52

square

#52ABCA #AD52CA #CA7152 #6FCA52

split-complementary

#52ABCA #CA526F #CAAD52

monochromatic

#26667C #348CAB #52ABCA #81C2D8 #B0D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#52ABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#52ABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ABCA

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ABCA	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52abca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4da',
    500: '#52abca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52abca;
$custom-light: #8dc4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52abca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69883,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ABCA

secondary

#D5B0A3

accent

#714BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ABCA

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

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