#52B1CD#52B1CD

#52B1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.098 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B1CD
RGB	rgb(82, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -19.77, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 30.04, 228.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0748 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.098 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2169, 37.6429, 63.4191)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B1CD #CD6E52

analogous

#52CDAC #52B1CD #5274CD

triadic

#52B1CD #CD52B1 #B1CD52

tetradic

#52B1CD #AC52CD #CD6E52 #74CD52

square

#52B1CD #AC52CD #CD6E52 #74CD52

split-complementary

#52B1CD #CD5274 #CDAC52

monochromatic

#256B80 #3393AF #52B1CD #81C6DB #B1DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#52B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#52B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B1CD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B1CD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.098 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8dc',
    500: '#52b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b1cd;
$custom-light: #8ec8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.659,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71413,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B1CD

secondary

#D7B0A4

accent

#6B49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B1CD

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

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