#52B3CE#52B3CE

#52B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.098 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3CE
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -20.51, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 30.24, 227.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0766 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.098 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7359, 38.4872, 64.1895)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3CE #CE6D52

analogous

#52CEAB #52B3CE #5275CE

triadic

#52B3CE #CE52B3 #B3CE52

tetradic

#52B3CE #AB52CE #CE6D52 #75CE52

square

#52B3CE #AB52CE #CE6D52 #75CE52

split-complementary

#52B3CE #CE5275 #CEAB52

monochromatic

#256D81 #3295B1 #52B3CE #82C8DC #B1DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#52B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#52B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3CE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3CE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.098 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecadd',
    500: '#52b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3ce;
$custom-light: #8ecadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.065,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71922,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3CE

secondary

#D7B0A4

accent

#6949DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3CE

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

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