#52B2DB#52B2DB

#52B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2DB
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -16.02, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 33.19, 241.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0706 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.108 229)
XYZ	xyz(32.1812, 38.7458, 72.7868)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2DB #DB7B52

analogous

#52DBBF #52B2DB #526EDB

triadic

#52B2DB #DB52B2 #B2DB52

tetradic

#52B2DB #BF52DB #DB7B52 #6EDB52

square

#52B2DB #BF52DB #DB7B52 #6EDB52

split-complementary

#52B2DB #DB526E #DBBF52

monochromatic

#1F7194 #2997C6 #52B2DB #85C9E6 #B7DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#52B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#52B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2DB

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2DB	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e6',
    500: '#52b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2db;
$custom-light: #8fc9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.956,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.38749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2DB

secondary

#DFBAAA

accent

#723FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2DB

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

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