#52B8DF#52B8DF

#52B8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8DF
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -17.94, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 33.55, 237.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0754 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.109 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9342, 41.3990, 76.0002)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8DF #DF7952

analogous

#52DFC0 #52B8DF #5271DF

triadic

#52B8DF #DF52B8 #B8DF52

tetradic

#52B8DF #C052DF #DF7952 #71DF52

square

#52B8DF #C052DF #DF7952 #71DF52

split-complementary

#52B8DF #DF5271 #DFC052

monochromatic

#1D779A #269FCE #52B8DF #86CDE9 #B9E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#52B8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#52B8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8DF

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8DF	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde9',
    500: '#52b8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8df;
$custom-light: #90cde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73789,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8DF

secondary

#E2BAAB

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8DF

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

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