#52B9DF#52B9DF

#52B9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B9DF
RGB	rgb(82, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -18.46, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 33.46, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0764 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.109 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1426, 41.8159, 76.0697)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B9DF #DF7852

analogous

#52DFBE #52B9DF #5273DF

triadic

#52B9DF #DF52B9 #B9DF52

tetradic

#52B9DF #BE52DF #DF7852 #73DF52

square

#52B9DF #BE52DF #DF7852 #73DF52

split-complementary

#52B9DF #DF5273 #DFBE52

monochromatic

#1D789A #26A1CE #52B9DF #86CEE9 #B9E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#52B9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#52B9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B9DF

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B9DF	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cee9',
    500: '#52b9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b9df;
$custom-light: #90cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7402,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B9DF

secondary

#E2BAAB

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B9DF

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

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