#52B4DE#52B4DE

#52B4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4DE
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -16.15, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 33.76, 241.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0716 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.11 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9806, 39.7069, 75.0192)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4DE #DE7C52

analogous

#52DEC2 #52B4DE #526EDE

triadic

#52B4DE #DE52B4 #B4DE52

tetradic

#52B4DE #C252DE #DE7C52 #6EDE52

square

#52B4DE #C252DE #DE7C52 #6EDE52

split-complementary

#52B4DE #DE526E #DEC252

monochromatic

#1D7399 #279ACC #52B4DE #85CAE8 #B9E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#52B4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#52B4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4DE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4DE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae8',
    500: '#52b4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4de;
$custom-light: #90cae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72823,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4DE

secondary

#E1BBAB

accent

#713DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4DE

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

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