#52BDDE#52BDDE

#52BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.108 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDDE
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -20.84, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 33.04, 230.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0809 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.108 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8568, 43.4593, 75.6446)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDDE #DE7352

analogous

#52DEB9 #52BDDE #5277DE

triadic

#52BDDE #DE52BD #BDDE52

tetradic

#52BDDE #B952DE #DE7352 #77DE52

square

#52BDDE #B952DE #DE7352 #77DE52

split-complementary

#52BDDE #DE5277 #DEB952

monochromatic

#1D7B99 #27A5CC #52BDDE #85D1E8 #B9E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#52BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#52BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDDE

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDDE	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.108 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e8',
    500: '#52bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdde;
$custom-light: #90d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.143,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDDE

secondary

#E1B8AB

accent

#663DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDDE

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

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