#52bac5

Color #52bac5

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.47 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#52bac5

RGB

rgb(82, 186, 197)

HSL

hsl(185.7, 49.8%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.7, 58.4%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(70.13, -26.68, -14.62)

LCH

lch(70.13, 30.42, 208.72)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0966, 204.73)

HWB

hwb(185.7, 32.2%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c55d52

Analogous

#52c596

#52bac5

#5281c5

Triadic

#52bac5

#c552ba

#bac552

Split-complementary

#52bac5

#c55281

#c59652

Tetradic

#52bac5

#5d52c5

#c55d52

#bac552

Square

#52bac5

#9652c5

#c55d52

#81c552

Shades

Color #52bac5 mixed toward black.

#3aa3ae

#2f838b

#236268

#174146

#0c2123

Tints

Color #52bac5 mixed toward white.

#6fc6cf

#8cd1d8

#a8dde2

#c5e8ec

#e2f4f5

Tones

Color #52bac5 mixed toward gray.

#5cb2bb

#65abb2

#6fa3a8

#789b9f

#829395

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cc2 · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#867dc2 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#5bc0c0 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #52bac5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52bac5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#52bac5 (#52bac5) is rgb(82, 186, 197) in RGB.

No, #52bac5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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