#52B4DF#52B4DF

#52B4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4DF
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -15.84, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 34.04, 242.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0713 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.11 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1150, 39.7607, 75.7271)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4DF #DF7D52

analogous

#52DFC4 #52B4DF #526EDF

triadic

#52B4DF #DF52B4 #B4DF52

tetradic

#52B4DF #C452DF #DF7D52 #6EDF52

square

#52B4DF #C452DF #DF7D52 #6EDF52

split-complementary

#52B4DF #DF526E #DFC452

monochromatic

#1D749A #269BCE #52B4DF #86CAE9 #B9E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#52B4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#52B4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4DF

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4DF	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae9',
    500: '#52b4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4df;
$custom-light: #90cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.298,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72866,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4DF

secondary

#E2BCAB

accent

#723CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4DF

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

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