#52B2DF#52B2DF

#52B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2DF
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -14.77, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 34.36, 244.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0692 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.111 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7142, 38.9590, 75.5935)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2DF #DF7F52

analogous

#52DFC5 #52B2DF #526CDF

triadic

#52B2DF #DF52B2 #B2DF52

tetradic

#52B2DF #C552DF #DF7F52 #6CDF52

square

#52B2DF #C552DF #DF7F52 #6CDF52

split-complementary

#52B2DF #DF526C #DFC552

monochromatic

#1D729A #2698CE #52B2DF #86C9E9 #B9E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#52B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#52B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2DF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2DF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e9',
    500: '#52b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2df;
$custom-light: #90c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72406,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2DF

secondary

#E2BDAB

accent

#743CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2DF

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

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