#52B2CD#52B2CD

#52B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.098 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2CD
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -20.29, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 30.05, 227.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0759 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.098 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4151, 38.0394, 63.4852)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2CD #CD6D52

analogous

#52CDAB #52B2CD #5275CD

triadic

#52B2CD #CD52B2 #B2CD52

tetradic

#52B2CD #AB52CD #CD6D52 #75CD52

square

#52B2CD #AB52CD #CD6D52 #75CD52

split-complementary

#52B2CD #CD5275 #CDAB52

monochromatic

#256C80 #3394AF #52B2CD #81C7DB #B1DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#52B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#52B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2CD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2CD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.098 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9dc',
    500: '#52b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2cd;
$custom-light: #8ec9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2CD

secondary

#D7AFA4

accent

#6A49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2CD

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

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