#52B6DE#52B6DE

#52B6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B6DE
RGB	rgb(82, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -17.20, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 33.51, 239.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0737 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.109 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3872, 40.5202, 75.1547)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B6DE #DE7A52

analogous

#52DEC0 #52B6DE #5270DE

triadic

#52B6DE #DE52B6 #B6DE52

tetradic

#52B6DE #C052DE #DE7A52 #70DE52

square

#52B6DE #C052DE #DE7A52 #70DE52

split-complementary

#52B6DE #DE5270 #DEC052

monochromatic

#1D7599 #279DCC #52B6DE #85CCE8 #B9E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#52B6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#52B6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B6DE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B6DE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce8',
    500: '#52b6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b6de;
$custom-light: #90cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73284,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B6DE

secondary

#E1BAAB

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B6DE

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

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