#52BBDD#52BBDD

#52BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.107 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BBDD
RGB	rgb(82, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -20.11, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 32.90, 232.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0792 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.107 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2959, 42.5514, 74.7984)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BBDD #DD7452

analogous

#52DDB9 #52BBDD #5276DD

triadic

#52BBDD #DD52BB #BBDD52

tetradic

#52BBDD #B952DD #DD7452 #76DD52

square

#52BBDD #B952DD #DD7452 #76DD52

split-complementary

#52BBDD #DD5276 #DDB952

monochromatic

#1E7997 #28A2CA #52BBDD #85CFE7 #B8E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#52BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BBDD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BBDD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.107 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe7',
    500: '#52bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bbdd;
$custom-light: #90cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.676,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.744,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BBDD

secondary

#E0B8AA

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BBDD

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

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