#52BCE7#52BCE7

#52BCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCE7
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -17.56, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 35.16, 240.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0766 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.115 228)
XYZ	xyz(35.8810, 43.5260, 82.0962)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCE7 #E77D52

analogous

#52E7C7 #52BCE7 #5272E7

triadic

#52BCE7 #E752BC #BCE752

tetradic

#52BCE7 #C752E7 #E77D52 #72E752

square

#52BCE7 #C752E7 #E77D52 #72E752

split-complementary

#52BCE7 #E75272 #E7C752

monochromatic

#177EA7 #1FA6DD #52BCE7 #88D1EE #BDE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#52BCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#52BCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCE7

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCE7	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0ee',
    500: '#52bce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bce7;
$custom-light: #91d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 75.635,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75051,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.4353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCE7

secondary

#E6BFAF

accent

#480ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCE7

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

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