#52BCD8#52BCD8

#52BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.104 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCD8
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -22.13, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 32.02, 226.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0822 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.104 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8525, 42.7146, 71.4131)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCD8 #D86E52

analogous

#52D8B1 #52BCD8 #5279D8

triadic

#52BCD8 #D852BC #BCD852

tetradic

#52BCD8 #B152D8 #D86E52 #79D852

square

#52BCD8 #B152D8 #D86E52 #79D852

split-complementary

#52BCD8 #D85279 #D8B152

monochromatic

#20788F #2CA2C1 #52BCD8 #84CFE3 #B6E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#52BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#52BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCD8

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCD8	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.104 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e4',
    500: '#52bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcd8;
$custom-light: #90d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7443,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCD8

secondary

#DDB3A8

accent

#6442E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCD8

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

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