#52BCDA#52BCDA

#52BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCDA
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -21.53, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 32.34, 228.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0814 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.106 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1127, 42.8187, 72.7831)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCDA #DA7052

analogous

#52DAB4 #52BCDA #5278DA

triadic

#52BCDA #DA52BC #BCDA52

tetradic

#52BCDA #B452DA #DA7052 #78DA52

square

#52BCDA #B452DA #DA7052 #78DA52

split-complementary

#52BCDA #DA5278 #DAB452

monochromatic

#1F7992 #2AA3C5 #52BCDA #84D0E5 #B7E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#52BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#52BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCDA

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCDA	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e5',
    500: '#52bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcda;
$custom-light: #90d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.235,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7451,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCDA

secondary

#DFB5A9

accent

#6540E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCDA

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

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