#52B4CC#52B4CC

#52B4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.097 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4CC
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -21.62, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 29.98, 223.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0784 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.097 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6956, 38.7929, 62.9851)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4CC #CC6A52

analogous

#52CCA7 #52B4CC #5277CC

triadic

#52B4CC #CC52B4 #B4CC52

tetradic

#52B4CC #A752CC #CC6A52 #77CC52

square

#52B4CC #A752CC #CC6A52 #77CC52

split-complementary

#52B4CC #CC5277 #CCA752

monochromatic

#256D7E #3396AE #52B4CC #81C8DA #B1DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#52B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#52B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4CC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4CC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.097 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecadb',
    500: '#52b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4cc;
$custom-light: #8ecadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72078,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4CC

secondary

#D6AEA4

accent

#674ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4CC

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

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