#52BDDD#52BDDD

#52BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.107 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDDD
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -21.14, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 32.86, 229.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0813 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.107 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7232, 43.4059, 74.9408)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDDD #DD7252

analogous

#52DDB8 #52BDDD #5278DD

triadic

#52BDDD #DD52BD #BDDD52

tetradic

#52BDDD #B852DD #DD7252 #78DD52

square

#52BDDD #B852DD #DD7252 #78DD52

split-complementary

#52BDDD #DD5278 #DDB852

monochromatic

#1E7B97 #28A5CA #52BDDD #85D1E7 #B8E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#52BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#52BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDDD

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDDD	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.107 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e7',
    500: '#52bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bddd;
$custom-light: #90d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.813,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDDD

secondary

#E0B7AA

accent

#653EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDDD

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

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