#52B0C8#52B0C8

#52B0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.095 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B0C8
RGB	rgb(82, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -20.74, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 29.22, 224.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0757 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.095 217)
XYZ	xyz(29.4262, 37.0117, 60.2256)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B0C8 #C86A52

analogous

#52C8A5 #52B0C8 #5275C8

triadic

#52B0C8 #C852B0 #B0C852

tetradic

#52B0C8 #A552C8 #C86A52 #75C852

square

#52B0C8 #A552C8 #C86A52 #75C852

split-complementary

#52B0C8 #C85275 #C8A552

monochromatic

#276879 #3590A8 #52B0C8 #80C5D7 #AFDAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#52B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#52B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B0C8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B0C8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.095 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7d8',
    500: '#52b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b0c8;
$custom-light: #8dc7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.203,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70977,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.37015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B0C8

secondary

#D4ACA2

accent

#6A4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B0C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →