#52BDEE#52BDEE

#52BDEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.120 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDEE
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -15.90, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 36.99, 244.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0752 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.12 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1038, 44.3581, 87.4789)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDEE #EE8352

analogous

#52EED1 #52BDEE #526FEE

triadic

#52BDEE #EE52BD #BDEE52

tetradic

#52BDEE #D152EE #EE8352 #6FEE52

square

#52BDEE #D152EE #EE8352 #6FEE52

split-complementary

#52BDEE #EE526F #EED152

monochromatic

#1281B4 #1AA8E9 #52BDEE #8AD2F3 #C1E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#52BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#52BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDEE

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDEE	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.120 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0f3',
    500: '#52bdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdee;
$custom-light: #92d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.846,
    "s": 82.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75585,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDEE

secondary

#EAC3B2

accent

#4B07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDEE

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

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