#52BCDC#52BCDC

#52BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCDC
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -20.93, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 32.69, 230.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0807 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.107 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3760, 42.9240, 74.1698)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCDC #DC7252

analogous

#52DCB7 #52BCDC #5277DC

triadic

#52BCDC #DC52BC #BCDC52

tetradic

#52BCDC #B752DC #DC7252 #77DC52

square

#52BCDC #B752DC #DC7252 #77DC52

split-complementary

#52BCDC #DC5277 #DCB752

monochromatic

#1E7A95 #29A3C8 #52BCDC #85D0E6 #B8E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#52BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#52BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCDC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCDC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e7',
    500: '#52bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcdc;
$custom-light: #90d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74591,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCDC

secondary

#E0B6AA

accent

#663FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCDC

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

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