#52B5DA#52B5DA

#52B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5DA
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -17.91, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 32.60, 236.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0741 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.106 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6534, 39.9002, 72.2967)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5DA #DA7752

analogous

#52DABB #52B5DA #5271DA

triadic

#52B5DA #DA52B5 #B5DA52

tetradic

#52B5DA #BB52DA #DA7752 #71DA52

square

#52B5DA #BB52DA #DA7752 #71DA52

split-complementary

#52B5DA #DA5271 #DABB52

monochromatic

#1F7392 #2A9BC5 #52B5DA #84CBE5 #B7E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#52B5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#52B5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5DA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5DA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbe5',
    500: '#52b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5da;
$custom-light: #90cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5DA

secondary

#DFB8A9

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5DA

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

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