#52BBE6#52BBE6

#52BBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BBE6
RGB	rgb(82, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -17.35, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 35.02, 240.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.076 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.114 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5273, 43.0439, 81.2835)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BBE6 #E67D52

analogous

#52E6C7 #52BBE6 #5271E6

triadic

#52BBE6 #E652BB #BBE652

tetradic

#52BBE6 #C752E6 #E67D52 #71E652

square

#52BBE6 #C752E6 #E67D52 #71E652

split-complementary

#52BBE6 #E65271 #E6C752

monochromatic

#187CA6 #20A5DB #52BBE6 #87D0EE #BDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#52BBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#52BBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BBE6

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BBE6	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfee',
    500: '#52bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bbe6;
$custom-light: #91cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74779,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BBE6

secondary

#E6BEAE

accent

#490FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BBE6

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

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