#52B1DE#52B1DE

#52B1DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B1DE
RGB	rgb(82, 177, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -14.55, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 34.23, 244.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0685 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.111 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3815, 38.5087, 74.8195)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B1DE #DE7F52

analogous

#52DEC5 #52B1DE #526BDE

triadic

#52B1DE #DE52B1 #B1DE52

tetradic

#52B1DE #C552DE #DE7F52 #6BDE52

square

#52B1DE #C552DE #DE7F52 #6BDE52

split-complementary

#52B1DE #DE526B #DEC552

monochromatic

#1D7199 #2797CC #52B1DE #85C8E8 #B9DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#52B1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#52B1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B1DE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B1DE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 177, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e8',
    500: '#52b1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b1de;
$custom-light: #90c8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72133,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B1DE

secondary

#E1BCAB

accent

#753DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B1DE

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

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