#52ABCC#52ABCC

#52ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.097 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ABCC
RGB	rgb(82, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -16.93, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 30.03, 235.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0687 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.097 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9374, 35.2765, 62.3991)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ABCC #CC7352

analogous

#52CCB0 #52ABCC #526ECC

triadic

#52ABCC #CC52AB #ABCC52

tetradic

#52ABCC #B052CC #CC7352 #6ECC52

square

#52ABCC #B052CC #CC7352 #6ECC52

split-complementary

#52ABCC #CC526E #CCB052

monochromatic

#25667E #338CAE #52ABCC #81C2DA #B1D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#52ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#52ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ABCC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ABCC	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.097 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4db',
    500: '#52abcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52abcc;
$custom-light: #8dc4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69967,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ABCC

secondary

#D6B1A4

accent

#724ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ABCC

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

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