#52B4DA#52B4DA

#52B4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4DA
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -17.39, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 32.69, 237.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0731 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.106 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4508, 39.4950, 72.2292)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4DA #DA7852

analogous

#52DABC #52B4DA #5270DA

triadic

#52B4DA #DA52B4 #B4DA52

tetradic

#52B4DA #BC52DA #DA7852 #70DA52

square

#52B4DA #BC52DA #DA7852 #70DA52

split-complementary

#52B4DA #DA5270 #DABC52

monochromatic

#1F7292 #2A9AC5 #52B4DA #84CAE5 #B7E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#52B4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#52B4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4DA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4DA	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcae5',
    500: '#52b4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4da;
$custom-light: #8fcae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4DA

secondary

#DFB8A9

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4DA

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

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