#52B2DC#52B2DC

#52B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2DC
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -15.71, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 33.47, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0703 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.108 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3133, 38.7986, 73.4822)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2DC #DC7C52

analogous

#52DCC1 #52B2DC #526DDC

triadic

#52B2DC #DC52B2 #B2DC52

tetradic

#52B2DC #C152DC #DC7C52 #6DDC52

square

#52B2DC #C152DC #DC7C52 #6DDC52

split-complementary

#52B2DC #DC526D #DCC152

monochromatic

#1E7195 #2998C8 #52B2DC #85C9E6 #B8DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#52B2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#52B2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2DC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2DC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e7',
    500: '#52b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2dc;
$custom-light: #90c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72275,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2DC

secondary

#E0BAAA

accent

#723FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2DC

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

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