#52BDD4#52BDD4

#52BDD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.102 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDD4
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -23.83, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 31.59, 221.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0848 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.102 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5561, 42.9390, 68.7942)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDD4 #D46952

analogous

#52D4AA #52BDD4 #527CD4

triadic

#52BDD4 #D452BD #BDD452

tetradic

#52BDD4 #AA52D4 #D46952 #7CD452

square

#52BDD4 #AA52D4 #D46952 #7CD452

split-complementary

#52BDD4 #D4527C #D4AA52

monochromatic

#227789 #2EA2BA #52BDD4 #83D0E0 #B4E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#52BDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#52BDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDD4

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDD4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.102 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1e1',
    500: '#52bdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdd4;
$custom-light: #8fd1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74506,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDD4

secondary

#DBB0A7

accent

#6144E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDD4

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

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