#52B5DE#52B5DE

#52B5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5DE
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -16.68, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 33.63, 240.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0727 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.109 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1832, 40.1121, 75.0867)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5DE #DE7B52

analogous

#52DEC1 #52B5DE #526FDE

triadic

#52B5DE #DE52B5 #B5DE52

tetradic

#52B5DE #C152DE #DE7B52 #6FDE52

square

#52B5DE #C152DE #DE7B52 #6FDE52

split-complementary

#52B5DE #DE526F #DEC152

monochromatic

#1D7499 #279CCC #52B5DE #85CBE8 #B9E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#52B5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#52B5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5DE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5DE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbe8',
    500: '#52b5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5de;
$custom-light: #90cbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5DE

secondary

#E1BBAB

accent

#703DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5DE

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

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