#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
RGBrgb(82, 179, 221)
HSLhsl(198, 67%, 59%)
HSVhsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.93, -15.93, -29.60)
CIE-LCHlch(68.93, 33.62, 241.71°)
OKLaboklab(72.55% -0.071 -0.0827)
OKLCHoklch(72.55% 0.109 229.4)
XYZxyz(32.6458, 39.2511, 74.2484)
Luminance0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##52B3DD1.002.378.858.85
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8521.001.001.00
##0000008.8521.001.001.00

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

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#52B3DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva