#52b3cd

Color #52b3cd

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.4 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#52b3cd

RGB

rgb(82, 179, 205)

HSL

hsl(192.7, 55.2%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.7, 60%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(60%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(68.34, -20.8, -21.72)

LCH

lch(68.34, 30.07, 226.24)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.0978, 218.15)

HWB

hwb(192.7, 32.2%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd6c52

Analogous

#52cdaa

#52b3cd

#5276cd

Triadic

#52b3cd

#cd52b3

#b3cd52

Split-complementary

#52b3cd

#cd5276

#cdaa52

Tetradic

#52b3cd

#6c52cd

#cd6c52

#b3cd52

Square

#52b3cd

#aa52cd

#cd6c52

#76cd52

Shades

Color #52b3cd mixed toward black.

#369eba

#2b7e95

#205f6f

#153f4a

#0b2025

Tints

Color #52b3cd mixed toward white.

#6fc0d5

#8cccde

#a9d9e6

#c5e6ee

#e2f2f7

Tones

Color #52b3cd mixed toward gray.

#5cadc3

#67a7b9

#71a1ae

#7b9ba4

#85959a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788c7 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#827ac6 · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#5ac2c1 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #52b3cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52b3cd]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#52b3cd (#52b3cd) is rgb(82, 179, 205) in RGB.

No, #52b3cd is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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