#52b0bb

Color #52b0bb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.99 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#52b0bb

RGB

rgb(82, 176, 187)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 43.6%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 56.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(66.85, -24.52, -14.05)

LCH

lch(66.85, 28.26, 209.81)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.0898, 205.68)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 32.2%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb5d52

Analogous

#52bb91

#52b0bb

#527bbb

Triadic

#52b0bb

#bb52b0

#b0bb52

Split-complementary

#52b0bb

#bb527b

#bb9152

Tetradic

#52b0bb

#5d52bb

#bb5d52

#b0bb52

Square

#52b0bb

#9152bb

#bb5d52

#7bbb52

Shades

Color #52b0bb mixed toward black.

#3f97a1

#337881

#265a60

#193c40

#0d1e20

Tints

Color #52b0bb mixed toward white.

#6fbdc6

#8ccad2

#a8d7dd

#c5e5e8

#e2f2f4

Tones

Color #52b0bb mixed toward gray.

#5ba9b2

#63a2a9

#6c9ba1

#759498

#7e8d8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586b8 · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#8078b8 · ΔE 29.8

Tritanopia

#5ab6b6 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #52b0bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52b0bb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#52b0bb (#52b0bb) is rgb(82, 176, 187) in RGB.

No, #52b0bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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