#52BBDE#52BBDE

#52BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.108 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BBDE
RGB	rgb(82, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -19.81, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 33.11, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0789 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.108 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4295, 42.6048, 75.5022)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BBDE #DE7552

analogous

#52DEBB #52BBDE #5275DE

triadic

#52BBDE #DE52BB #BBDE52

tetradic

#52BBDE #BB52DE #DE7552 #75DE52

square

#52BBDE #BB52DE #DE7552 #75DE52

split-complementary

#52BBDE #DE5275 #DEBB52

monochromatic

#1D7A99 #27A3CC #52BBDE #85CFE8 #B9E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#52BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BBDE

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BBDE	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.108 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe8',
    500: '#52bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bbde;
$custom-light: #90cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74441,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BBDE

secondary

#E1B8AB

accent

#683DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BBDE

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

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