#52B8DD#52B8DD

#52B8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8DD
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -18.56, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 33.07, 235.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0761 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.108 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6661, 41.2918, 74.5885)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8DD #DD7752

analogous

#52DDBD #52B8DD #5273DD

triadic

#52B8DD #DD52B8 #B8DD52

tetradic

#52B8DD #BD52DD #DD7752 #73DD52

square

#52B8DD #BD52DD #DD7752 #73DD52

split-complementary

#52B8DD #DD5273 #DDBD52

monochromatic

#1E7797 #289FCA #52B8DD #85CDE7 #B8E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#52B8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#52B8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8DD

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8DD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde7',
    500: '#52b8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8dd;
$custom-light: #90cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73704,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8DD

secondary

#E0B9AA

accent

#6C3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8DD

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

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