#52B3CF#52B3CF

#52B3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.099 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3CF
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -20.21, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 30.40, 228.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0762 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.099 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8578, 38.5359, 64.8313)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3CF #CF6E52

analogous

#52CFAD #52B3CF #5275CF

triadic

#52B3CF #CF52B3 #B3CF52

tetradic

#52B3CF #AD52CF #CF6E52 #75CF52

square

#52B3CF #AD52CF #CF6E52 #75CF52

split-complementary

#52B3CF #CF5275 #CFAD52

monochromatic

#246D82 #3195B2 #52B3CF #82C8DC #B2DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#52B3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#52B3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3CF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3CF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.099 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecadd',
    500: '#52b3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3cf;
$custom-light: #8ecadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.44,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71963,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3CF

secondary

#D8B0A5

accent

#6A48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3CF

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

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