#52B2DA#52B2DA

#52B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2DA
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -16.33, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 32.92, 240.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.071 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.107 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0500, 38.6933, 72.0956)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2DA #DA7A52

analogous

#52DABE #52B2DA #526EDA

triadic

#52B2DA #DA52B2 #B2DA52

tetradic

#52B2DA #BE52DA #DA7A52 #6EDA52

square

#52B2DA #BE52DA #DA7A52 #6EDA52

split-complementary

#52B2DA #DA526E #DABE52

monochromatic

#1F7092 #2A97C5 #52B2DA #84C8E5 #B7DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#52B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#52B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2DA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2DA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e5',
    500: '#52b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2da;
$custom-light: #8fc9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72189,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2DA

secondary

#DFB9A9

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2DA

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

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