#52B5CA#52B5CA

#52B5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.097 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5CA
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -22.72, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 29.83, 220.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0803 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.097 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6599, 39.1028, 61.7975)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5CA #CA6752

analogous

#52CAA3 #52B5CA #5279CA

triadic

#52B5CA #CA52B5 #B5CA52

tetradic

#52B5CA #A352CA #CA6752 #79CA52

square

#52B5CA #A352CA #CA6752 #79CA52

split-complementary

#52B5CA #CA5279 #CAA352

monochromatic

#266D7C #3496AB #52B5CA #81C9D8 #B0DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#52B5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#52B5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5CA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5CA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.097 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbda',
    500: '#52b5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5ca;
$custom-light: #8ecbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72235,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5CA

secondary

#D5ACA3

accent

#654BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5CA

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

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