#52BCD3#52BCD3

#52BCD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.102 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCD3
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -23.62, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 31.39, 221.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0841 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.102 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2160, 42.4600, 68.0605)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCD3 #D36952

analogous

#52D3AA #52BCD3 #527BD3

triadic

#52BCD3 #D352BC #BCD352

tetradic

#52BCD3 #AA52D3 #D36952 #7BD352

square

#52BCD3 #AA52D3 #D36952 #7BD352

split-complementary

#52BCD3 #D3527B #D3AA52

monochromatic

#237688 #2FA0B9 #52BCD3 #83CFDF #B4E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#52BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCD3

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCD3	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.102 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0e0',
    500: '#52bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcd3;
$custom-light: #8fd0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCD3

secondary

#DAB0A6

accent

#6145E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCD3

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

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