#52BCDB#52BCDB

#52BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCDB
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -21.23, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 32.51, 229.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.081 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.106 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2439, 42.8712, 73.4744)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCDB #DB7152

analogous

#52DBB6 #52BCDB #5278DB

triadic

#52BCDB #DB52BC #BCDB52

tetradic

#52BCDB #B652DB #DB7152 #78DB52

square

#52BCDB #B652DB #DB7152 #78DB52

split-complementary

#52BCDB #DB5278 #DBB652

monochromatic

#1F7994 #29A3C6 #52BCDB #85D0E6 #B7E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#52BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#52BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCDB

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCDB	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e6',
    500: '#52bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcdb;
$custom-light: #90d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74551,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCDB

secondary

#DFB6AA

accent

#663FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCDB

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

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