#52BDEA#52BDEA

#52BDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDEA
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -17.15, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 35.84, 241.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0766 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.117 229)
XYZ	xyz(36.5227, 44.1257, 84.4183)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDEA #EA7F52

analogous

#52EACB #52BDEA #5271EA

triadic

#52BDEA #EA52BD #BDEA52

tetradic

#52BDEA #CB52EA #EA7F52 #71EA52

square

#52BDEA #CB52EA #EA7F52 #71EA52

split-complementary

#52BDEA #EA5271 #EACB52

monochromatic

#1580AD #1CA8E3 #52BDEA #89D2F1 #BFE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#52BDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#52BDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDEA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDEA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1f1',
    500: '#52bdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdea;
$custom-light: #92d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.763,
    "s": 78.351,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7541,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.4413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDEA

secondary

#E8C0B0

accent

#480BDB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDEA

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

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