#52BDD5#52BDD5

#52BDD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.103 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDD5
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -23.53, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 31.69, 222.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0844 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.103 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6826, 42.9896, 69.4606)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDD5 #D56A52

analogous

#52D5AB #52BDD5 #527CD5

triadic

#52BDD5 #D552BD #BDD552

tetradic

#52BDD5 #AB52D5 #D56A52 #7CD552

square

#52BDD5 #AB52D5 #D56A52 #7CD552

split-complementary

#52BDD5 #D5527C #D5AB52

monochromatic

#22788B #2EA2BC #52BDD5 #83D0E1 #B4E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#52BDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#52BDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDD5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDD5	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.103 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e2',
    500: '#52bdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdd5;
$custom-light: #90d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74545,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDD5

secondary

#DCB1A7

accent

#6144E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDD5

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

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