#52BCD6#52BCD6

#52BCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCD6
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -22.73, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 31.75, 224.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.083 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.103 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5956, 42.6118, 70.0597)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCD6 #D66C52

analogous

#52D6AE #52BCD6 #527AD6

triadic

#52BCD6 #D652BC #BCD652

tetradic

#52BCD6 #AE52D6 #D66C52 #7AD652

square

#52BCD6 #AE52D6 #D66C52 #7AD652

split-complementary

#52BCD6 #D6527A #D6AE52

monochromatic

#21778C #2DA1BE #52BCD6 #83CFE2 #B5E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#52BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCD6

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCD6	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e2',
    500: '#52bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcd6;
$custom-light: #90d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7435,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCD6

secondary

#DCB2A8

accent

#6343E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCD6

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

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