#52BDE7#52BDE7

#52BDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDE7
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -18.08, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 35.05, 238.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0776 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.114 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0953, 43.9547, 82.1677)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDE7 #E77C52

analogous

#52E7C7 #52BDE7 #5273E7

triadic

#52BDE7 #E752BD #BDE752

tetradic

#52BDE7 #C752E7 #E77C52 #73E752

square

#52BDE7 #C752E7 #E77C52 #73E752

split-complementary

#52BDE7 #E75273 #E7C752

monochromatic

#177FA7 #1FA7DD #52BDE7 #88D2EE #BDE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#52BDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#52BDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDE7

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDE7	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1ee',
    500: '#52bde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bde7;
$custom-light: #91d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 75.635,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75281,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDE7

secondary

#E6BEAF

accent

#470ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDE7

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

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