#52BCD9#52BCD9

#52BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.105 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCD9
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -21.83, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 32.18, 227.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0818 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.105 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9822, 42.7665, 72.0961)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCD9 #D96F52

analogous

#52D9B2 #52BCD9 #5278D9

triadic

#52BCD9 #D952BC #BCD952

tetradic

#52BCD9 #B252D9 #D96F52 #78D952

square

#52BCD9 #B252D9 #D96F52 #78D952

split-complementary

#52BCD9 #D95278 #D9B252

monochromatic

#207991 #2BA2C3 #52BCD9 #84CFE4 #B6E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#52BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#52BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCD9

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCD9	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.105 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e4',
    500: '#52bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcd9;
$custom-light: #90d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.889,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7447,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCD9

secondary

#DEB4A9

accent

#6541E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCD9

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

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