#52B2CC#52B2CC

#52B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.097 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2CC
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -20.59, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 29.89, 226.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0763 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.097 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2948, 37.9912, 62.8515)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2CC #CC6C52

analogous

#52CCA9 #52B2CC #5275CC

triadic

#52B2CC #CC52B2 #B2CC52

tetradic

#52B2CC #A952CC #CC6C52 #75CC52

square

#52B2CC #A952CC #CC6C52 #75CC52

split-complementary

#52B2CC #CC5275 #CCA952

monochromatic

#256B7E #3394AE #52B2CC #81C7DA #B1DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#52B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#52B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2CC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2CC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.097 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9db',
    500: '#52b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2cc;
$custom-light: #8ec9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.787,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71607,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2CC

secondary

#D6AEA4

accent

#694ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2CC

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

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