#52B5CE#52B5CE

#52B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.098 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5CE
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -21.54, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 30.31, 224.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0787 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.098 217)
XYZ	xyz(31.1396, 39.2947, 64.3241)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5CE #CE6B52

analogous

#52CEA9 #52B5CE #5277CE

triadic

#52B5CE #CE52B5 #B5CE52

tetradic

#52B5CE #A952CE #CE6B52 #77CE52

square

#52B5CE #A952CE #CE6B52 #77CE52

split-complementary

#52B5CE #CE5277 #CEA952

monochromatic

#256E81 #3297B1 #52B5CE #82C9DC #B1DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#52B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#52B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5CE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5CE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.098 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbdd',
    500: '#52b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5ce;
$custom-light: #8ecbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.097,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.39298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5CE

secondary

#D7AFA4

accent

#6749DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5CE

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

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