#52B5CC#52B5CC

#52B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.097 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5CC
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -22.13, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 30.05, 222.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0795 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.097 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8982, 39.1981, 63.0527)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5CC #CC6952

analogous

#52CCA6 #52B5CC #5278CC

triadic

#52B5CC #CC52B5 #B5CC52

tetradic

#52B5CC #A652CC #CC6952 #78CC52

square

#52B5CC #A652CC #CC6952 #78CC52

split-complementary

#52B5CC #CC5278 #CCA652

monochromatic

#256E7E #3397AE #52B5CC #81C9DA #B1DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#52B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#52B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5CC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5CC	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.097 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbdb',
    500: '#52b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5cc;
$custom-light: #8ecbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72313,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5CC

secondary

#D6ADA4

accent

#664ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5CC

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

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