#52BCD5#52BCD5

#52BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.103 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCD5
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -23.03, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 31.62, 223.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0833 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.103 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4683, 42.5609, 69.3892)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCD5 #D56B52

analogous

#52D5AC #52BCD5 #527BD5

triadic

#52BCD5 #D552BC #BCD552

tetradic

#52BCD5 #AC52D5 #D56B52 #7BD552

square

#52BCD5 #AC52D5 #D56B52 #7BD552

split-complementary

#52BCD5 #D5527B #D5AC52

monochromatic

#22778B #2EA1BC #52BCD5 #83CFE1 #B4E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#52BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCD5

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCD5	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.103 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0e2',
    500: '#52bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcd5;
$custom-light: #8fd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74311,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCD5

secondary

#DCB1A7

accent

#6244E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCD5

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

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