#52B3DD#52B3DD

#52B3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3DD
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -15.93, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 33.62, 241.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.071 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.109 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6458, 39.2511, 74.2484)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3DD #DD7C52

analogous

#52DDC1 #52B3DD #526EDD

triadic

#52B3DD #DD52B3 #B3DD52

tetradic

#52B3DD #C152DD #DD7C52 #6EDD52

square

#52B3DD #C152DD #DD7C52 #6EDD52

split-complementary

#52B3DD #DD526E #DDC152

monochromatic

#1E7297 #2899CA #52B3DD #85C9E7 #B8E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#52B3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#52B3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3DD

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3DD	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e7',
    500: '#52b3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3dd;
$custom-light: #90c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.129,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3DD

secondary

#E0BBAA

accent

#723EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3DD

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

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