#52B1CE#52B1CE

#52B1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.098 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B1CE
RGB	rgb(82, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -19.47, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 30.22, 229.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0744 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.098 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3380, 37.6913, 64.0569)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B1CE #CE6F52

analogous

#52CEAD #52B1CE #5273CE

triadic

#52B1CE #CE52B1 #B1CE52

tetradic

#52B1CE #AD52CE #CE6F52 #73CE52

square

#52B1CE #AD52CE #CE6F52 #73CE52

split-complementary

#52B1CE #CE5273 #CEAD52

monochromatic

#256B81 #3293B1 #52B1CE #82C7DC #B1DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#52B1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#52B1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B1CE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B1CE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.098 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8dd',
    500: '#52b1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b1ce;
$custom-light: #8ec8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.032,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71453,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B1CE

secondary

#D7B0A4

accent

#6C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B1CE

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

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