#52BCDF#52BCDF

#52BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCDF
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -20.02, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 33.27, 233.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0795 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.109 223)
XYZ	xyz(34.7768, 43.0844, 76.2811)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCDF #DF7552

analogous

#52DFBC #52BCDF #5275DF

triadic

#52BCDF #DF52BC #BCDF52

tetradic

#52BCDF #BC52DF #DF7552 #75DF52

square

#52BCDF #BC52DF #DF7552 #75DF52

split-complementary

#52BCDF #DF5275 #DFBC52

monochromatic

#1D7B9A #26A4CE #52BCDF #86D0E9 #B9E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#52BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#52BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCDF

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCDF	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e9',
    500: '#52bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcdf;
$custom-light: #91d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74714,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.43088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCDF

secondary

#E2B9AB

accent

#683CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCDF

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

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