#52B2CB#52B2CB

#52B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.097 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2CB
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -20.88, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 29.74, 225.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0766 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.097 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1752, 37.9434, 62.2219)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2CB #CB6B52

analogous

#52CBA8 #52B2CB #5275CB

triadic

#52B2CB #CB52B2 #B2CB52

tetradic

#52B2CB #A852CB #CB6B52 #75CB52

square

#52B2CB #A852CB #CB6B52 #75CB52

split-complementary

#52B2CB #CB5275 #CBA852

monochromatic

#266B7D #3493AC #52B2CB #81C7D9 #B0DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#52B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#52B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2CB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2CB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.097 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9da',
    500: '#52b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2cb;
$custom-light: #8ec9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.397,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2CB

secondary

#D5AEA3

accent

#694BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2CB

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

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