#52B5DB#52B5DB

#52B5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5DB
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -17.60, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 32.85, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0738 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.107 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7847, 39.9527, 72.9880)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5DB #DB7852

analogous

#52DBBC #52B5DB #5271DB

triadic

#52B5DB #DB52B5 #B5DB52

tetradic

#52B5DB #BC52DB #DB7852 #71DB52

square

#52B5DB #BC52DB #DB7852 #71DB52

split-complementary

#52B5DB #DB5271 #DBBC52

monochromatic

#1F7394 #299BC6 #52B5DB #85CBE6 #B7E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#52B5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#52B5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5DB

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5DB	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbe6',
    500: '#52b5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5db;
$custom-light: #90cbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72925,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5DB

secondary

#DFB8AA

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5DB

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

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