#52BDDF#52BDDF

#52BDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.109 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDDF
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -20.54, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 33.23, 231.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0806 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.109 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9912, 43.5131, 76.3525)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDDF #DF7452

analogous

#52DFBA #52BDDF #5277DF

triadic

#52BDDF #DF52BD #BDDF52

tetradic

#52BDDF #BA52DF #DF7452 #77DF52

square

#52BDDF #BA52DF #DF7452 #77DF52

split-complementary

#52BDDF #DF5277 #DFBA52

monochromatic

#1D7C9A #26A5CE #52BDDF #86D1E9 #B9E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#52BDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#52BDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDDF

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDDF	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.109 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e9',
    500: '#52bddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bddf;
$custom-light: #91d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74946,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDDF

secondary

#E2B8AB

accent

#663CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDDF

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

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