#52B2D6#52B2D6

#52B2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.104 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#52B2D6
RGBrgb(82, 178, 214)
HSLhsl(196, 62%, 58%)
HSVhsv(196, 62%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(61.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.38, -17.56, -26.62)
CIE-LCHlch(68.38, 31.89, 236.58°)
OKLaboklab(72.02% -0.0725 -0.0742)
OKLCHoklch(72.02% 0.104 225.7)
XYZxyz(31.5329, 38.4865, 69.3721)
Luminance0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#52B2D6 #D67652
analogous
#52D6B8 #52B2D6 #5270D6
triadic
#52B2D6 #D652B2 #B2D652
tetradic
#52B2D6 #B852D6 #D67652 #70D652
square
#52B2D6 #B852D6 #D67652 #70D652
split-complementary
#52B2D6 #D65270 #D6B852
monochromatic
#216F8C #2D96BE #52B2D6 #83C8E2 #B5DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#52B2D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70
#52B2D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2D6
8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##52B2D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##52B2D61.002.418.708.70
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7021.001.001.00
##0000008.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EAFD8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA1D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #52b2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.104 225.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e2',
    500: '#52b2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #52b2d6;
$custom-light: #8fc9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#52b2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72018,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#52B2D6
secondary
#DCB6A8
accent
#6F43E5
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FB
border
#CCD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2D6

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#52B2D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva