#52b6bb

Color #52b6bb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#52b6bb

RGB

rgb(82, 182, 187)

HSL

hsl(182.9, 43.6%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.9, 56.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(68.63, -27.51, -11.37)

LCH

lch(68.63, 29.77, 202.46)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.093, 199.74)

HWB

hwb(182.9, 32.2%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb5752

Analogous

#52bb8b

#52b6bb

#5281bb

Triadic

#52b6bb

#bb52b6

#b6bb52

Split-complementary

#52b6bb

#bb5281

#bb8b52

Tetradic

#52b6bb

#5752bb

#bb5752

#b6bb52

Square

#52b6bb

#8b52bb

#bb5752

#81bb52

Shades

Color #52b6bb mixed toward black.

#3f9ca1

#337d81

#265e60

#193e40

#0d1f20

Tints

Color #52b6bb mixed toward white.

#6fc2c6

#8cced2

#a8dadd

#c5e7e8

#e2f3f4

Tones

Color #52b6bb mixed toward gray.

#5baeb2

#63a6a9

#6c9ea1

#759698

#7e8e8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898aba · ΔE 28

Deuteranopia

#837bba · ΔE 31.5

Tritanopia

#5bb9b9 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #52b6bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52b6bb]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#52b6bb (#52b6bb) is rgb(82, 182, 187) in RGB.

No, #52b6bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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