#52b9c6

Color #52b9c6

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.45 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#52b9c6

RGB

rgb(82, 185, 198)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 50.4%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 58.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(69.87, -25.89, -15.56)

LCH

lch(69.87, 30.21, 211.01)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0964, 206.57)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 32.2%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c65f52

Analogous

#52c699

#52b9c6

#527fc6

Triadic

#52b9c6

#c652b9

#b9c652

Split-complementary

#52b9c6

#c6527f

#c69952

Tetradic

#52b9c6

#5f52c6

#c65f52

#b9c652

Square

#52b9c6

#9952c6

#c65f52

#7fc652

Shades

Color #52b9c6 mixed toward black.

#3aa2af

#2e828c

#236169

#174146

#0c2023

Tints

Color #52b9c6 mixed toward white.

#6fc5cf

#8cd0d9

#a9dce2

#c5e8ec

#e2f3f5

Tones

Color #52b9c6 mixed toward gray.

#5cb2bc

#65aab3

#6fa3a9

#799b9f

#829396

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cc3 · ΔE 27.2

Deuteranopia

#857dc2 · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#5bc1c0 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #52b9c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52b9c6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#52b9c6 (#52b9c6) is rgb(82, 185, 198) in RGB.

No, #52b9c6 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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