#52B4CD#52B4CD

#52B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.098 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4CD
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -21.32, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 30.12, 224.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.078 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.098 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8159, 38.8410, 63.6188)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4CD #CD6B52

analogous

#52CDA9 #52B4CD #5277CD

triadic

#52B4CD #CD52B4 #B4CD52

tetradic

#52B4CD #A952CD #CD6B52 #77CD52

square

#52B4CD #A952CD #CD6B52 #77CD52

split-complementary

#52B4CD #CD5277 #CDA952

monochromatic

#256D80 #3396AF #52B4CD #81C9DB #B1DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#52B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#52B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4CD

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4CD	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.098 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecadc',
    500: '#52b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4cd;
$custom-light: #8ecadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.195,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72117,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4CD

secondary

#D7AEA4

accent

#6849DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4CD

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

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