#52BCE9#52BCE9

#52BCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCE9
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -16.94, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 35.70, 241.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0759 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.116 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1651, 43.6396, 83.5923)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCE9 #E97F52

analogous

#52E9CB #52BCE9 #5271E9

triadic

#52BCE9 #E952BC #BCE952

tetradic

#52BCE9 #CB52E9 #E97F52 #71E952

square

#52BCE9 #CB52E9 #E97F52 #71E952

split-complementary

#52BCE9 #E95271 #E9CB52

monochromatic

#167EAB #1DA7E1 #52BCE9 #88D1F0 #BFE6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#52BCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#52BCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCE9

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCE9	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0f0',
    500: '#52bce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bce9;
$custom-light: #92d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75138,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCE9

secondary

#E7C0AF

accent

#490CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCE9

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

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