#52AEC3#52AEC3

#52AEC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.092 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AEC3
RGB	rgb(82, 174, 195)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -21.19, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 28.44, 221.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0755 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.092 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4621, 36.0033, 57.0686)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AEC3 #C36752

analogous

#52C39F #52AEC3 #5276C3

triadic

#52AEC3 #C352AE #AEC352

tetradic

#52AEC3 #9F52C3 #C36752 #76C352

square

#52AEC3 #9F52C3 #C36752 #76C352

split-complementary

#52AEC3 #C35276 #C39F52

monochromatic

#286573 #388DA0 #52AEC3 #7FC3D3 #ADD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#52AEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#52AEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AEC3

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AEC3	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 174, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.092 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6d5',
    500: '#52aec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aec3;
$custom-light: #8dc6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.15,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.092,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AEC3

secondary

#D0A9A0

accent

#6950D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AEC3

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

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