#52B5DF#52B5DF

#52B5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.110 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5DF
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -16.37, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 33.90, 241.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0723 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.11 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3176, 40.1659, 75.7946)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5DF #DF7C52

analogous

#52DFC2 #52B5DF #526FDF

triadic

#52B5DF #DF52B5 #B5DF52

tetradic

#52B5DF #C252DF #DF7C52 #6FDF52

square

#52B5DF #C252DF #DF7C52 #6FDF52

split-complementary

#52B5DF #DF526F #DFC252

monochromatic

#1D759A #269CCE #52B5DF #86CBE9 #B9E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#52B5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#52B5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5DF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5DF	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.110 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbe9',
    500: '#52b5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5df;
$custom-light: #90cbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73097,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5DF

secondary

#E2BBAB

accent

#703CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5DF

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

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