#52B4CE#52B4CE

#52B4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.098 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4CE
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -21.02, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 30.26, 226.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0776 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.098 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9370, 38.8895, 64.2566)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4CE #CE6C52

analogous

#52CEAA #52B4CE #5276CE

triadic

#52B4CE #CE52B4 #B4CE52

tetradic

#52B4CE #AA52CE #CE6C52 #76CE52

square

#52B4CE #AA52CE #CE6C52 #76CE52

split-complementary

#52B4CE #CE5276 #CEAA52

monochromatic

#256E81 #3296B1 #52B4CE #82C9DC #B1DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#52B4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#52B4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4CE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4CE	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.098 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecadd',
    500: '#52b4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4ce;
$custom-light: #8ecadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.581,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4CE

secondary

#D7AFA4

accent

#6849DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4CE

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

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