#52B2C8#52B2C8

#52B2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.095 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2C8
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -21.77, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 29.35, 222.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0778 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.095 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8212, 37.8018, 60.3573)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2C8 #C86852

analogous

#52C8A3 #52B2C8 #5277C8

triadic

#52B2C8 #C852B2 #B2C852

tetradic

#52B2C8 #A352C8 #C86852 #77C852

square

#52B2C8 #A352C8 #C86852 #77C852

split-complementary

#52B2C8 #C85277 #C8A352

monochromatic

#276A79 #3592A8 #52B2C8 #80C7D7 #AFDBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#52B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#52B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2C8

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2C8	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.095 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9d8',
    500: '#52b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2c8;
$custom-light: #8dc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.186,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71449,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2C8

secondary

#D4ABA2

accent

#674DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2C8

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

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