#52b6ce

Color #52b6ce

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.29 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#52b6ce

RGB

rgb(82, 182, 206)

HSL

hsl(191.6, 55.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.6, 60.2%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(69.26, -22.05, -20.88)

LCH

lch(69.26, 30.37, 223.44)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0987, 216.01)

HWB

hwb(191.6, 32.2%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce6a52

Analogous

#52cea8

#52b6ce

#5278ce

Triadic

#52b6ce

#ce52b6

#b6ce52

Split-complementary

#52b6ce

#ce5278

#cea852

Tetradic

#52b6ce

#6a52ce

#ce6a52

#b6ce52

Square

#52b6ce

#a852ce

#ce6a52

#78ce52

Shades

Color #52b6ce mixed toward black.

#35a1bb

#2a8196

#206170

#15404b

#0b2025

Tints

Color #52b6ce mixed toward white.

#6fc2d6

#8ccede

#a9dbe7

#c5e7ef

#e2f3f7

Tones

Color #52b6ce mixed toward gray.

#5cb0c4

#67a9b9

#71a3af

#7b9da5

#86969a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898ac9 · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#837bc7 · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#5bc4c3 · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #52b6ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52b6ce]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#52b6ce (#52b6ce) is rgb(82, 182, 206) in RGB.

No, #52b6ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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