#52B8DA#52B8DA

#52B8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8DA
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -19.47, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 32.41, 233.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0773 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.106 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2700, 41.1333, 72.5022)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8DA #DA7452

analogous

#52DAB8 #52B8DA #5274DA

triadic

#52B8DA #DA52B8 #B8DA52

tetradic

#52B8DA #B852DA #DA7452 #74DA52

square

#52B8DA #B852DA #DA7452 #74DA52

split-complementary

#52B8DA #DA5274 #DAB852

monochromatic

#1F7692 #2A9EC5 #52B8DA #84CDE5 #B7E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#52B8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#52B8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8DA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8DA	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde5',
    500: '#52b8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8da;
$custom-light: #90cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73579,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8DA

secondary

#DFB7A9

accent

#6A40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8DA

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

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