#52B3DE#52B3DE

#52B3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3DE
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -15.62, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 33.90, 242.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0706 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.11 230)
XYZ	xyz(32.7794, 39.3046, 74.9521)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3DE #DE7D52

analogous

#52DEC3 #52B3DE #526DDE

triadic

#52B3DE #DE52B3 #B3DE52

tetradic

#52B3DE #C352DE #DE7D52 #6DDE52

square

#52B3DE #C352DE #DE7D52 #6DDE52

split-complementary

#52B3DE #DE526D #DEC352

monochromatic

#1D7399 #2799CC #52B3DE #85CAE8 #B9E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#52B3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#52B3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3DE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3DE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e8',
    500: '#52b3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3de;
$custom-light: #90c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72593,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.39308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3DE

secondary

#E1BBAB

accent

#723DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3DE

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

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