#52B5DC#52B5DC

#52B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5DC
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -17.29, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 33.10, 238.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0734 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.108 227)
XYZ	xyz(32.9167, 40.0055, 73.6834)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5DC #DC7952

analogous

#52DCBE #52B5DC #5270DC

triadic

#52B5DC #DC52B5 #B5DC52

tetradic

#52B5DC #BE52DC #DC7952 #70DC52

square

#52B5DC #BE52DC #DC7952 #70DC52

split-complementary

#52B5DC #DC5270 #DCBE52

monochromatic

#1E7495 #299BC8 #52B5DC #85CBE6 #B8E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#52B5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#52B5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5DC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5DC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbe7',
    500: '#52b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5dc;
$custom-light: #90cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.40009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5DC

secondary

#E0B9AA

accent

#6F3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5DC

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

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