#52B3CC#52B3CC

#52B3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3CC
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -21.10, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 29.93, 225.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0773 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.097 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4945, 38.3906, 62.9181)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3CC #CC6B52

analogous

#52CCA8 #52B3CC #5276CC

triadic

#52B3CC #CC52B3 #B3CC52

tetradic

#52B3CC #A852CC #CC6B52 #76CC52

square

#52B3CC #A852CC #CC6B52 #76CC52

split-complementary

#52B3CC #CC5276 #CCA852

monochromatic

#256C7E #3395AE #52B3CC #81C8DA #B1DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#52B3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#52B3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3CC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3CC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecadb',
    500: '#52b3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3cc;
$custom-light: #8ecadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.295,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3CC

secondary

#D6AEA4

accent

#684ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3CC

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

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