#52B1DC#52B1DC

#52B1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B1DC
RGB	rgb(82, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -15.18, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 33.63, 243.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0693 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.109 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1150, 38.4022, 73.4161)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B1DC #DC7D52

analogous

#52DCC2 #52B1DC #526CDC

triadic

#52B1DC #DC52B1 #B1DC52

tetradic

#52B1DC #C252DC #DC7D52 #6CDC52

square

#52B1DC #C252DC #DC7D52 #6CDC52

split-complementary

#52B1DC #DC526C #DCC252

monochromatic

#1E7095 #2997C8 #52B1DC #85C8E6 #B8DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#52B1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#52B1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B1DC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B1DC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e7',
    500: '#52b1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b1dc;
$custom-light: #90c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72045,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B1DC

secondary

#E0BBAA

accent

#743FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B1DC

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

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