#52B2DD#52B2DD

#52B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2DD
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -15.40, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 33.76, 242.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0699 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.109 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4461, 38.8518, 74.1818)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2DD #DD7D52

analogous

#52DDC3 #52B2DD #526DDD

triadic

#52B2DD #DD52B2 #B2DD52

tetradic

#52B2DD #C352DD #DD7D52 #6DDD52

square

#52B2DD #C352DD #DD7D52 #6DDD52

split-complementary

#52B2DD #DD526D #DDC352

monochromatic

#1E7197 #2898CA #52B2DD #85C9E7 #B8E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#52B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#52B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2DD

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2DD	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e7',
    500: '#52b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2dd;
$custom-light: #90c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.561,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72319,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2DD

secondary

#E0BBAA

accent

#733EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2DD

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

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