#52BDE9#52BDE9

#52BDE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDE9
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -17.46, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 35.57, 240.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0769 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.116 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3794, 44.0684, 83.6638)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDE9 #E97E52

analogous

#52E9C9 #52BDE9 #5272E9

triadic

#52BDE9 #E952BD #BDE952

tetradic

#52BDE9 #C952E9 #E97E52 #72E952

square

#52BDE9 #C952E9 #E97E52 #72E952

split-complementary

#52BDE9 #E95272 #E9C952

monochromatic

#167FAB #1DA8E1 #52BDE9 #88D2F0 #BFE6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#52BDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#52BDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDE9

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDE9	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1f0',
    500: '#52bde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bde9;
$custom-light: #92d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75367,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDE9

secondary

#E7C0AF

accent

#480CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDE9

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

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