#52B8CD#52B8CD

#52B8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8CD
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -23.36, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 30.42, 219.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0823 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.098 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6351, 40.4794, 63.8919)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8CD #CD6752

analogous

#52CDA5 #52B8CD #527BCD

triadic

#52B8CD #CD52B8 #B8CD52

tetradic

#52B8CD #A552CD #CD6752 #7BCD52

square

#52B8CD #A552CD #CD6752 #7BCD52

split-complementary

#52B8CD #CD527B #CDA552

monochromatic

#257080 #339AAF #52B8CD #81CBDB #B1DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#52B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#52B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8CD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8CD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecddc',
    500: '#52b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8cd;
$custom-light: #8ecddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.244,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73059,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8CD

secondary

#D7ADA4

accent

#6349DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8CD

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

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