#52B2D8#52B2D8

#52B2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2D8
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -16.95, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 32.39, 238.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0717 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.105 227)
XYZ	xyz(31.7899, 38.5893, 70.7256)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2D8 #D87852

analogous

#52D8BB #52B2D8 #526FD8

triadic

#52B2D8 #D852B2 #B2D852

tetradic

#52B2D8 #BB52D8 #D87852 #6FD852

square

#52B2D8 #BB52D8 #D87852 #6FD852

split-complementary

#52B2D8 #D8526F #D8BB52

monochromatic

#20708F #2C97C1 #52B2D8 #84C8E3 #B6DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#52B2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#52B2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2D8

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2D8	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e4',
    500: '#52b2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2d8;
$custom-light: #8fc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.38592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2D8

secondary

#DDB7A8

accent

#7042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2D8

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

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