#52BADD#52BADD

#52BADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.108 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BADD
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -19.60, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 32.95, 233.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0782 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.108 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0845, 42.1286, 74.7279)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BADD #DD7552

analogous

#52DDBB #52BADD #5275DD

triadic

#52BADD #DD52BA #BADD52

tetradic

#52BADD #BB52DD #DD7552 #75DD52

square

#52BADD #BB52DD #DD7552 #75DD52

split-complementary

#52BADD #DD5275 #DDBB52

monochromatic

#1E7897 #28A1CA #52BADD #85CEE7 #B8E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#52BADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#52BADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BADD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BADD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52badd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.108 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cee7',
    500: '#52badd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52badd;
$custom-light: #90cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52badd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.108,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BADD

secondary

#E0B8AA

accent

#693EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BADD

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

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