#52BDEF#52BDEF

#52BDEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.121 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDEF
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -15.59, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 37.29, 245.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0748 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.121 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2511, 44.4171, 88.2548)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDEF #EF8452

analogous

#52EFD2 #52BDEF #526EEF

triadic

#52BDEF #EF52BD #BDEF52

tetradic

#52BDEF #D252EF #EF8452 #6EEF52

square

#52BDEF #D252EF #EF8452 #6EEF52

split-complementary

#52BDEF #EF526E #EFD252

monochromatic

#1181B6 #1AA8EA #52BDEF #8AD2F4 #C2E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#52BDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#52BDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDEF

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDEF	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EABEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.121 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0f4',
    500: '#52bdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdef;
$custom-light: #92d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.108,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75629,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDEF

secondary

#EBC4B2

accent

#4B06DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDEF

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

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