#52B3CD#52B3CD

#52B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.098 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3CD
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -20.80, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 30.08, 226.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0769 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.098 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6148, 38.4387, 63.5518)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3CD #CD6C52

analogous

#52CDAA #52B3CD #5276CD

triadic

#52B3CD #CD52B3 #B3CD52

tetradic

#52B3CD #AA52CD #CD6C52 #76CD52

square

#52B3CD #AA52CD #CD6C52 #76CD52

split-complementary

#52B3CD #CD5276 #CDAA52

monochromatic

#256D80 #3395AF #52B3CD #81C8DB #B1DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#52B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#52B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3CD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3CD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.098 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecadc',
    500: '#52b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3cd;
$custom-light: #8ecadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.683,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71882,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3CD

secondary

#D7AFA4

accent

#6949DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3CD

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

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