#52BCD4#52BCD4

#52BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCD4
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -23.32, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 31.50, 222.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0837 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.102 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3417, 42.5103, 68.7228)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCD4 #D46A52

analogous

#52D4AB #52BCD4 #527BD4

triadic

#52BCD4 #D452BC #BCD452

tetradic

#52BCD4 #AB52D4 #D46A52 #7BD452

square

#52BCD4 #AB52D4 #D46A52 #7BD452

split-complementary

#52BCD4 #D4527B #D4AB52

monochromatic

#227689 #2EA1BA #52BCD4 #83CFE0 #B4E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#52BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCD4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCD4	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0e1',
    500: '#52bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcd4;
$custom-light: #8fd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCD4

secondary

#DBB0A7

accent

#6244E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCD4

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

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