#52B9DE#52B9DE

#52B9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B9DE
RGB	rgb(82, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -18.77, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 33.23, 235.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0768 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.108 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0082, 41.7622, 75.3617)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B9DE #DE7752

analogous

#52DEBD #52B9DE #5273DE

triadic

#52B9DE #DE52B9 #B9DE52

tetradic

#52B9DE #BD52DE #DE7752 #73DE52

square

#52B9DE #BD52DE #DE7752 #73DE52

split-complementary

#52B9DE #DE5273 #DEBD52

monochromatic

#1D7899 #27A0CC #52B9DE #85CEE8 #B9E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#52B9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#52B9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B9DE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B9DE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cee8',
    500: '#52b9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b9de;
$custom-light: #90cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73978,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B9DE

secondary

#E1B9AB

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B9DE

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

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