#52B0CA#52B0CA

#52B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.096 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B0CA
RGB	rgb(82, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -20.15, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 29.52, 226.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0749 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.096 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6614, 37.1058, 61.4646)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B0CA #CA6C52

analogous

#52CAA8 #52B0CA #5274CA

triadic

#52B0CA #CA52B0 #B0CA52

tetradic

#52B0CA #A852CA #CA6C52 #74CA52

square

#52B0CA #A852CA #CA6C52 #74CA52

split-complementary

#52B0CA #CA5274 #CAA852

monochromatic

#26697C #3491AB #52B0CA #81C5D8 #B0DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#52B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#52B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B0CA

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B0CA	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.096 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7da',
    500: '#52b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b0ca;
$custom-light: #8ec7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71057,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B0CA

secondary

#D5AEA3

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B0CA

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

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