#52BDE3#52BDE3

#52BDE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDE3
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -19.31, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 34.08, 235.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0791 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.111 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5369, 43.7313, 79.2263)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDE3 #E37852

analogous

#52E3C0 #52BDE3 #5274E3

triadic

#52BDE3 #E352BD #BDE352

tetradic

#52BDE3 #C052E3 #E37852 #74E352

square

#52BDE3 #C052E3 #E37852 #74E352

split-complementary

#52BDE3 #E35274 #E3C052

monochromatic

#1A7DA1 #23A6D5 #52BDE3 #87D1EC #BBE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#52BDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#52BDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDE3

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDE3	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1ec',
    500: '#52bde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bde3;
$custom-light: #91d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDE3

secondary

#E4BBAD

accent

#4411D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDE3

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

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