#52B6DD#52B6DD

#52B6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B6DD
RGB	rgb(82, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -17.51, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 33.25, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0741 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.108 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2536, 40.4668, 74.4510)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B6DD #DD7952

analogous

#52DDBF #52B6DD #5270DD

triadic

#52B6DD #DD52B6 #B6DD52

tetradic

#52B6DD #BF52DD #DD7952 #70DD52

square

#52B6DD #BF52DD #DD7952 #70DD52

split-complementary

#52B6DD #DD5270 #DDBF52

monochromatic

#1E7597 #289DCA #52B6DD #85CCE7 #B8E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#52B6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#52B6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B6DD

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B6DD	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce7',
    500: '#52b6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b6dd;
$custom-light: #90cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B6DD

secondary

#E0BAAA

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B6DD

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

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