#52B4DD#52B4DD

#52B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4DD
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -16.46, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 33.48, 240.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.072 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.109 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8469, 39.6534, 74.3154)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4DD #DD7B52

analogous

#52DDC1 #52B4DD #526FDD

triadic

#52B4DD #DD52B4 #B4DD52

tetradic

#52B4DD #C152DD #DD7B52 #6FDD52

square

#52B4DD #C152DD #DD7B52 #6FDD52

split-complementary

#52B4DD #DD526F #DDC152

monochromatic

#1E7397 #289ACA #52B4DD #85CAE7 #B8E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#52B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#52B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4DD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4DD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae7',
    500: '#52b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4dd;
$custom-light: #90cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4DD

secondary

#E0BAAA

accent

#713EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4DD

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

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