#52B0DC#52B0DC

#52B0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B0DC
RGB	rgb(82, 176, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 20%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -14.65, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 33.79, 244.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0682 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.109 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9182, 38.0086, 73.3505)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B0DC #DC7E52

analogous

#52DCC3 #52B0DC #526BDC

triadic

#52B0DC #DC52B0 #B0DC52

tetradic

#52B0DC #C352DC #DC7E52 #6BDC52

square

#52B0DC #C352DC #DC7E52 #6BDC52

split-complementary

#52B0DC #DC526B #DCC352

monochromatic

#1E6F95 #2995C8 #52B0DC #85C7E6 #B8DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#52B0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#52B0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B0DC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B0DC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 176, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e7',
    500: '#52b0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b0dc;
$custom-light: #8fc7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71814,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B0DC

secondary

#E0BBAA

accent

#753FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B0DC

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

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