#52B4DB#52B4DB

#52B4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4DB
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -17.08, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 32.95, 238.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0727 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.107 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5821, 39.5475, 72.9204)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4DB #DB7952

analogous

#52DBBD #52B4DB #5270DB

triadic

#52B4DB #DB52B4 #B4DB52

tetradic

#52B4DB #BD52DB #DB7952 #70DB52

square

#52B4DB #BD52DB #DB7952 #70DB52

split-complementary

#52B4DB #DB5270 #DBBD52

monochromatic

#1F7394 #299AC6 #52B4DB #85CAE6 #B7E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#52B4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#52B4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4DB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4DB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae6',
    500: '#52b4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4db;
$custom-light: #90cae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.08,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4DB

secondary

#DFB9AA

accent

#6F3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4DB

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

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