#52BAD8#52BAD8

#52BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAD8
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -21.11, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 31.99, 228.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0801 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.104 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4283, 41.8661, 71.2717)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAD8 #D87052

analogous

#52D8B3 #52BAD8 #5277D8

triadic

#52BAD8 #D852BA #BAD852

tetradic

#52BAD8 #B352D8 #D87052 #77D852

square

#52BAD8 #B352D8 #D87052 #77D852

split-complementary

#52BAD8 #D85277 #D8B352

monochromatic

#20768F #2CA0C1 #52BAD8 #84CEE3 #B6E2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#52BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#52BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAD8

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAD8	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe4',
    500: '#52bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bad8;
$custom-light: #90cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.433,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73963,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAD8

secondary

#DDB4A8

accent

#6642E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAD8

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

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