#52B2D9#52B2D9

#52B2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2D9
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -16.64, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 32.65, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0714 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.106 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9195, 38.6411, 71.4085)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2D9 #D97952

analogous

#52D9BC #52B2D9 #526ED9

triadic

#52B2D9 #D952B2 #B2D952

tetradic

#52B2D9 #BC52D9 #D97952 #6ED952

square

#52B2D9 #BC52D9 #D97952 #6ED952

split-complementary

#52B2D9 #D9526E #D9BC52

monochromatic

#207091 #2B97C3 #52B2D9 #84C8E4 #B6DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#52B2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#52B2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2D9

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2D9	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e4',
    500: '#52b2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2d9;
$custom-light: #8fc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2D9

secondary

#DEB8A9

accent

#7141E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2D9

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

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