#52B6DA#52B6DA

#52B6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B6DA
RGB	rgb(82, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -18.43, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 32.52, 235.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0752 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.106 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8575, 40.3083, 72.3647)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B6DA #DA7652

analogous

#52DABA #52B6DA #5272DA

triadic

#52B6DA #DA52B6 #B6DA52

tetradic

#52B6DA #BA52DA #DA7652 #72DA52

square

#52B6DA #BA52DA #DA7652 #72DA52

split-complementary

#52B6DA #DA5272 #DABA52

monochromatic

#1F7492 #2A9CC5 #52B6DA #84CBE5 #B7E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#52B6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#52B6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B6DA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B6DA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce5',
    500: '#52b6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b6da;
$custom-light: #90cce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B6DA

secondary

#DFB7A9

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B6DA

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

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