#52BBE9#52BBE9

#52BBE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BBE9
RGB	rgb(82, 187, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -16.41, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 35.85, 242.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0749 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.116 230)
XYZ	xyz(35.9522, 43.2139, 83.5214)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BBE9 #E98052

analogous

#52E9CC #52BBE9 #5270E9

triadic

#52BBE9 #E952BB #BBE952

tetradic

#52BBE9 #CC52E9 #E98052 #70E952

square

#52BBE9 #CC52E9 #E98052 #70E952

split-complementary

#52BBE9 #E95270 #E9CC52

monochromatic

#167DAB #1DA5E1 #52BBE9 #88D0F0 #BFE6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#52BBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#52BBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BBE9

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BBE9	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 187, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cff0',
    500: '#52bbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bbe9;
$custom-light: #92cff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.278,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.43218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BBE9

secondary

#E7C0AF

accent

#4B0CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BBE9

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

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