#52BAD9#52BAD9

#52BAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAD9
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -20.81, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 32.16, 229.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0797 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.105 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5579, 41.9179, 71.9546)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAD9 #D97152

analogous

#52D9B4 #52BAD9 #5276D9

triadic

#52BAD9 #D952BA #BAD952

tetradic

#52BAD9 #B452D9 #D97152 #76D952

square

#52BAD9 #B452D9 #D97152 #76D952

split-complementary

#52BAD9 #D95276 #D9B452

monochromatic

#207791 #2BA0C3 #52BAD9 #84CEE4 #B6E2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#52BAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#52BAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAD9

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAD9	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe4',
    500: '#52bad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bad9;
$custom-light: #90cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.778,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74004,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAD9

secondary

#DEB5A9

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAD9

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

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