#52BDE0#52BDE0

#52BDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.109 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDE0
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -20.23, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 33.43, 232.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0802 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.109 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1264, 43.5672, 77.0647)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDE0 #E07552

analogous

#52E0BC #52BDE0 #5276E0

triadic

#52BDE0 #E052BD #BDE052

tetradic

#52BDE0 #BC52E0 #E07552 #76E052

square

#52BDE0 #BC52E0 #E07552 #76E052

split-complementary

#52BDE0 #E05276 #E0BC52

monochromatic

#1C7C9C #25A6D0 #52BDE0 #86D1E9 #BAE5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#52BDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#52BDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDE0

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDE0	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.109 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e9',
    500: '#52bde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bde0;
$custom-light: #91d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.789,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74987,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDE0

secondary

#E2B9AC

accent

#673BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDE0

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

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