#52B0DB#52B0DB

#52B0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B0DB
RGB	rgb(82, 176, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -14.96, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 33.49, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0686 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.108 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7862, 37.9557, 72.6551)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B0DB #DB7D52

analogous

#52DBC2 #52B0DB #526CDB

triadic

#52B0DB #DB52B0 #B0DB52

tetradic

#52B0DB #C252DB #DB7D52 #6CDB52

square

#52B0DB #C252DB #DB7D52 #6CDB52

split-complementary

#52B0DB #DB526C #DBC252

monochromatic

#1F6F94 #2995C6 #52B0DB #85C7E6 #B7DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#52B0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#52B0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B0DB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B0DB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 176, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e6',
    500: '#52b0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b0db;
$custom-light: #8fc7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.832,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71771,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B0DB

secondary

#DFBAAA

accent

#743FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B0DB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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