#52BFD8#52BFD8

#52BFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.105 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BFD8
RGB	rgb(82, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -23.66, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 32.18, 222.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0853 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.105 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5001, 44.0097, 71.6290)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BFD8 #D86B52

analogous

#52D8AE #52BFD8 #527CD8

triadic

#52BFD8 #D852BF #BFD852

tetradic

#52BFD8 #AE52D8 #D86B52 #7CD852

square

#52BFD8 #AE52D8 #D86B52 #7CD852

split-complementary

#52BFD8 #D8527C #D8AE52

monochromatic

#207B8F #2CA5C1 #52BFD8 #84D1E3 #B6E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#52BFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#52BFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BFD8

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BFD8	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.105 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2e4',
    500: '#52bfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bfd8;
$custom-light: #90d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BFD8

secondary

#DDB2A8

accent

#6042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BFD8

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

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