#52BCDE#52BCDE

#52BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCDE
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -20.32, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 33.07, 232.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0799 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.108 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6424, 43.0306, 75.5731)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCDE #DE7452

analogous

#52DEBA #52BCDE #5276DE

triadic

#52BCDE #DE52BC #BCDE52

tetradic

#52BCDE #BA52DE #DE7452 #76DE52

square

#52BCDE #BA52DE #DE7452 #76DE52

split-complementary

#52BCDE #DE5276 #DEBA52

monochromatic

#1D7B99 #27A4CC #52BCDE #85D0E8 #B9E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#52BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#52BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCDE

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCDE	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e8',
    500: '#52bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcde;
$custom-light: #90d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74673,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCDE

secondary

#E1B8AB

accent

#673DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCDE

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

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