#52B5DD#52B5DD

#52B5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5DD
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -16.99, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 33.36, 239.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.073 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.108 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0495, 40.0586, 74.3829)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5DD #DD7A52

analogous

#52DDC0 #52B5DD #5270DD

triadic

#52B5DD #DD52B5 #B5DD52

tetradic

#52B5DD #C052DD #DD7A52 #70DD52

square

#52B5DD #C052DD #DD7A52 #70DD52

split-complementary

#52B5DD #DD5270 #DDC052

monochromatic

#1E7497 #289BCA #52B5DD #85CBE7 #B8E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#52B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#52B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5DD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5DD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbe7',
    500: '#52b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5dd;
$custom-light: #90cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73011,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5DD

secondary

#E0BAAA

accent

#6F3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5DD

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

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