#52B3DF#52B3DF

#52B3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3DF
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -15.31, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 34.19, 243.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0703 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.111 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9138, 39.3584, 75.6601)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3DF #DF7E52

analogous

#52DFC4 #52B3DF #526DDF

triadic

#52B3DF #DF52B3 #B3DF52

tetradic

#52B3DF #C452DF #DF7E52 #6DDF52

square

#52B3DF #C452DF #DF7E52 #6DDF52

split-complementary

#52B3DF #DF526D #DFC452

monochromatic

#1D739A #2699CE #52B3DF #86CAE9 #B9E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#52B3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#52B3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3DF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3DF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e9',
    500: '#52b3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3df;
$custom-light: #90c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.723,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3DF

secondary

#E2BCAB

accent

#733CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3DF

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

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