#52B1DD#52B1DD

#52B1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B1DD
RGB	rgb(82, 177, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -14.87, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 33.92, 244.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0689 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.11 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2479, 38.4553, 74.1157)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B1DD #DD7E52

analogous

#52DDC4 #52B1DD #526CDD

triadic

#52B1DD #DD52B1 #B1DD52

tetradic

#52B1DD #C452DD #DD7E52 #6CDD52

square

#52B1DD #C452DD #DD7E52 #6CDD52

split-complementary

#52B1DD #DD526C #DDC452

monochromatic

#1E7197 #2897CA #52B1DD #85C8E7 #B8DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#52B1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#52B1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B1DD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B1DD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 177, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e7',
    500: '#52b1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b1dd;
$custom-light: #90c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.993,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72089,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B1DD

secondary

#E0BBAA

accent

#743EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B1DD

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

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