#52BDE6#52BDE6

#52BDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDE6
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -18.39, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 34.79, 238.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.078 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.114 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9545, 43.8984, 81.4260)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDE6 #E67B52

analogous

#52E6C5 #52BDE6 #5273E6

triadic

#52BDE6 #E652BD #BDE652

tetradic

#52BDE6 #C552E6 #E67B52 #73E652

square

#52BDE6 #C552E6 #E67B52 #73E652

split-complementary

#52BDE6 #E65273 #E6C552

monochromatic

#187EA6 #20A7DB #52BDE6 #87D1EE #BDE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#52BDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#52BDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDE6

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDE6	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1ee',
    500: '#52bde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bde6;
$custom-light: #91d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.622,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75239,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDE6

secondary

#E6BEAE

accent

#460FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDE6

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

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