#52B6CA#52B6CA

#52B6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.097 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B6CA
RGB	rgb(82, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -23.23, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 29.94, 219.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0813 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.097 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8640, 39.5109, 61.8655)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B6CA #CA6652

analogous

#52CAA2 #52B6CA #527ACA

triadic

#52B6CA #CA52B6 #B6CA52

tetradic

#52B6CA #A252CA #CA6652 #7ACA52

square

#52B6CA #A252CA #CA6652 #7ACA52

split-complementary

#52B6CA #CA527A #CAA252

monochromatic

#266D7C #3497AB #52B6CA #81CAD8 #B0DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#52B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#52B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B6CA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B6CA	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.097 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eccda',
    500: '#52b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b6ca;
$custom-light: #8eccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72471,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B6CA

secondary

#D5ABA3

accent

#634BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B6CA

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

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