#52B8D8#52B8D8

#52B8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8D8
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -20.08, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 32.01, 231.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.078 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.104 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0099, 41.0293, 71.1322)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8D8 #D87252

analogous

#52D8B5 #52B8D8 #5275D8

triadic

#52B8D8 #D852B8 #B8D852

tetradic

#52B8D8 #B552D8 #D87252 #75D852

square

#52B8D8 #B552D8 #D87252 #75D852

split-complementary

#52B8D8 #D85275 #D8B552

monochromatic

#20758F #2C9DC1 #52B8D8 #84CCE3 #B6E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#52B8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#52B8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8D8

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8D8	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde4',
    500: '#52b8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8d8;
$custom-light: #90cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.328,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73497,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8D8

secondary

#DDB5A8

accent

#6942E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8D8

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

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