#52B0DD#52B0DD

#52B0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B0DD
RGB	rgb(82, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -14.33, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 34.10, 245.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0679 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.11 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0511, 38.0617, 74.0501)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B0DD #DD7F52

analogous

#52DDC4 #52B0DD #526BDD

triadic

#52B0DD #DD52B0 #B0DD52

tetradic

#52B0DD #C452DD #DD7F52 #6BDD52

square

#52B0DD #C452DD #DD7F52 #6BDD52

split-complementary

#52B0DD #DD526B #DDC452

monochromatic

#1E7097 #2896CA #52B0DD #85C7E7 #B8DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#52B0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#52B0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B0DD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B0DD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e7',
    500: '#52b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b0dd;
$custom-light: #90c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.424,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B0DD

secondary

#E0BCAA

accent

#763EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B0DD

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

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