#52BDE2#52BDE2

#52BDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDE2
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -19.62, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 33.86, 234.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0795 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.111 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3992, 43.6763, 78.5015)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDE2 #E27752

analogous

#52E2BF #52BDE2 #5275E2

triadic

#52BDE2 #E252BD #BDE252

tetradic

#52BDE2 #BF52E2 #E27752 #75E252

square

#52BDE2 #BF52E2 #E27752 #75E252

split-complementary

#52BDE2 #E25275 #E2BF52

monochromatic

#1B7D9F #23A6D3 #52BDE2 #86D1EB #BBE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#52BDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#52BDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDE2

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDE2	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1eb',
    500: '#52bde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bde2;
$custom-light: #91d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.417,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDE2

secondary

#E3BBAC

accent

#4412D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDE2

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

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