Information about #52A0CB color

#52A0CB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#52A0CB falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(82, 160, 203) — 32.2% red, 62.7% green, 79.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 47 / 17 / 0 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #52A0CB reads as a confidently colored steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Carolina Blue (#56A0D3). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Snap (#5BA0D0) and Celestial Blue (#4997D0).

The recipe behind #52A0CB is rgb(82, 160, 203), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #52A0CB: 7.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #52A0CB is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#52A0CB color variations

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#52A0CB color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #52A0CB

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Blue Gray color link
Blue Gray

#6699CC

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Titans Blue color link
Titans Blue

#4B92DB

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#52A0CB
  • RGB82, 160, 203
  • CMYK47, 17, 0, 20
  • CSSrgb(82, 160, 203)
  • HSL201°, 54%, 56%
  • HSL Precise201.322°, 53.778%, 55.882%
  • HSV201°, 60%, 80%
  • HSB201°, 60%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.322
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.627
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.796
  • GLSLvec3(0.322, 0.627, 0.796)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.322, 0.627, 0.796, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.322, 0.627, 0.796)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB79.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID52A0CB
  • DECIMAL ID5415115
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01