#52BCE6#52BCE6

#52BCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCE6
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -17.87, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 34.90, 239.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.077 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.114 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7402, 43.4697, 81.3545)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCE6 #E67C52

analogous

#52E6C6 #52BCE6 #5272E6

triadic

#52BCE6 #E652BC #BCE652

tetradic

#52BCE6 #C652E6 #E67C52 #72E652

square

#52BCE6 #C652E6 #E67C52 #72E652

split-complementary

#52BCE6 #E65272 #E6C652

monochromatic

#187DA6 #20A6DB #52BCE6 #87D1EE #BDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#52BCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#52BCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCE6

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCE6	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0ee',
    500: '#52bce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bce6;
$custom-light: #91d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75009,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCE6

secondary

#E6BEAE

accent

#470FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCE6

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

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