#52B1CA#52B1CA

#52B1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.096 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B1CA
RGB	rgb(82, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -20.67, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 29.55, 225.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.076 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.096 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8582, 37.4994, 61.5302)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B1CA #CA6B52

analogous

#52CAA7 #52B1CA #5275CA

triadic

#52B1CA #CA52B1 #B1CA52

tetradic

#52B1CA #A752CA #CA6B52 #75CA52

square

#52B1CA #A752CA #CA6B52 #75CA52

split-complementary

#52B1CA #CA5275 #CAA752

monochromatic

#266A7C #3492AB #52B1CA #81C6D8 #B0DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#52B1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#52B1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B1CA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B1CA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.096 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8da',
    500: '#52b1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b1ca;
$custom-light: #8ec8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.09599,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B1CA

secondary

#D5ADA3

accent

#6A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B1CA

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

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