#52B6DF#52B6DF

#52B6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B6DF
RGB	rgb(82, 182, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -16.89, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 33.77, 239.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0733 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.11 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5217, 40.5740, 75.8627)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B6DF #DF7B52

analogous

#52DFC2 #52B6DF #5270DF

triadic

#52B6DF #DF52B6 #B6DF52

tetradic

#52B6DF #C252DF #DF7B52 #70DF52

square

#52B6DF #C252DF #DF7B52 #70DF52

split-complementary

#52B6DF #DF5270 #DFC252

monochromatic

#1D769A #269DCE #52B6DF #86CCE9 #B9E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#52B6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#52B6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B6DF

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B6DF	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 182, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce9',
    500: '#52b6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b6df;
$custom-light: #90cce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.447,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B6DF

secondary

#E2BBAB

accent

#6F3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B6DF

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

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