#52B4D8#52B4D8

#52B4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4D8
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -18.00, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 32.21, 236.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0738 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.105 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1907, 39.3909, 70.8592)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4D8 #D87652

analogous

#52D8B9 #52B4D8 #5271D8

triadic

#52B4D8 #D852B4 #B4D852

tetradic

#52B4D8 #B952D8 #D87652 #71D852

square

#52B4D8 #B952D8 #D87652 #71D852

split-complementary

#52B4D8 #D85271 #D8B952

monochromatic

#20718F #2C99C1 #52B4D8 #84CAE3 #B6DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#52B4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#52B4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4D8

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4D8	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcae4',
    500: '#52b4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4d8;
$custom-light: #8fcae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72567,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4D8

secondary

#DDB7A8

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4D8

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

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