#52B5CD#52B5CD

#52B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.098 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5CD
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -21.83, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 30.18, 223.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0791 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.098 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0185, 39.2462, 63.6864)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5CD #CD6A52

analogous

#52CDA8 #52B5CD #5278CD

triadic

#52B5CD #CD52B5 #B5CD52

tetradic

#52B5CD #A852CD #CD6A52 #78CD52

square

#52B5CD #A852CD #CD6A52 #78CD52

split-complementary

#52B5CD #CD5278 #CDA852

monochromatic

#256E80 #3397AF #52B5CD #81C9DB #B1DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#52B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#52B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5CD

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5CD	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.098 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbdc',
    500: '#52b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5cd;
$custom-light: #8ecbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72352,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5CD

secondary

#D7AEA4

accent

#6649DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5CD

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

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