#52B2D4#52B2D4

#52B2D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2D4
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 16%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -18.17, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 31.42, 234.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0732 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.102 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2790, 38.3849, 68.0352)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2D4 #D47452

analogous

#52D4B5 #52B2D4 #5271D4

triadic

#52B2D4 #D452B2 #B2D452

tetradic

#52B2D4 #B552D4 #D47452 #71D452

square

#52B2D4 #B552D4 #D47452 #71D452

split-complementary

#52B2D4 #D45271 #D4B552

monochromatic

#226E89 #2E96BA #52B2D4 #83C8E0 #B4DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#52B2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#52B2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2D4

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2D4	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)

#9FAED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e1',
    500: '#52b2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2d4;
$custom-light: #8fc9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71934,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2D4

secondary

#DBB4A7

accent

#6E44E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2D4

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

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