#52BCE3#52BCE3

#52BCE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCE3
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -18.80, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 34.16, 236.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0781 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.112 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3225, 43.3026, 79.1549)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCE3 #E37952

analogous

#52E3C1 #52BCE3 #5273E3

triadic

#52BCE3 #E352BC #BCE352

tetradic

#52BCE3 #C152E3 #E37952 #73E352

square

#52BCE3 #C152E3 #E37952 #73E352

split-complementary

#52BCE3 #E35273 #E3C152

monochromatic

#1A7CA1 #23A5D5 #52BCE3 #87D0EC #BBE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#52BCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#52BCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCE3

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCE3	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0ec',
    500: '#52bce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bce3;
$custom-light: #91d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74881,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCE3

secondary

#E4BCAD

accent

#4611D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCE3

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

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