#52B8DE#52B8DE

#52B8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8DE
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -18.25, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 33.31, 236.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0758 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.109 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7997, 41.3452, 75.2922)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8DE #DE7852

analogous

#52DEBE #52B8DE #5272DE

triadic

#52B8DE #DE52B8 #B8DE52

tetradic

#52B8DE #BE52DE #DE7852 #72DE52

square

#52B8DE #BE52DE #DE7852 #72DE52

split-complementary

#52B8DE #DE5272 #DEBE52

monochromatic

#1D7799 #279FCC #52B8DE #85CDE8 #B9E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#52B8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#52B8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8DE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8DE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde8',
    500: '#52b8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8de;
$custom-light: #90cde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73747,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8DE

secondary

#E1B9AB

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8DE

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

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