#52BDE5#52BDE5

#52BDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDE5
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -18.70, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 34.55, 237.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0783 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.113 226)
XYZ	xyz(35.8145, 43.8424, 80.6885)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDE5 #E57A52

analogous

#52E5C4 #52BDE5 #5273E5

triadic

#52BDE5 #E552BD #BDE552

tetradic

#52BDE5 #C452E5 #E57A52 #73E552

square

#52BDE5 #C452E5 #E57A52 #73E552

split-complementary

#52BDE5 #E55273 #E5C452

monochromatic

#197EA4 #21A7D9 #52BDE5 #87D1ED #BCE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#52BDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#52BDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDE5

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDE5	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1ed',
    500: '#52bde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bde5;
$custom-light: #91d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75196,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.43846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDE5

secondary

#E5BDAE

accent

#4610D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDE5

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

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