#52B6DB#52B6DB

#52B6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B6DB
RGB	rgb(82, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -18.13, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 32.76, 236.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0748 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.107 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9887, 40.3608, 73.0560)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B6DB #DB7752

analogous

#52DBBB #52B6DB #5272DB

triadic

#52B6DB #DB52B6 #B6DB52

tetradic

#52B6DB #BB52DB #DB7752 #72DB52

square

#52B6DB #BB52DB #DB7752 #72DB52

split-complementary

#52B6DB #DB5272 #DBBB52

monochromatic

#1F7494 #299CC6 #52B6DB #85CBE6 #B7E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#52B6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#52B6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B6DB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B6DB	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce6',
    500: '#52b6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b6db;
$custom-light: #90cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.10673,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B6DB

secondary

#DFB8AA

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B6DB

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

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