#52BDE4#52BDE4

#52BDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.112 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDE4
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -19.01, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 34.31, 236.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0787 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.112 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6753, 43.7867, 79.9553)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDE4 #E47952

analogous

#52E4C2 #52BDE4 #5274E4

triadic

#52BDE4 #E452BD #BDE452

tetradic

#52BDE4 #C252E4 #E47952 #74E452

square

#52BDE4 #C252E4 #E47952 #74E452

split-complementary

#52BDE4 #E45274 #E4C252

monochromatic

#197EA2 #22A7D7 #52BDE4 #87D1EC #BCE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#52BDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#52BDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDE4

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDE4	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.112 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1ec',
    500: '#52bde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bde4;
$custom-light: #91d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75154,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDE4

secondary

#E5BCAD

accent

#4510D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDE4

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

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