#52BFDC#52BFDC

#52BFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.107 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BFDC
RGB	rgb(82, 191, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -22.46, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 32.71, 226.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0838 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.107 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0235, 44.2191, 74.3856)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BFDC #DC6F52

analogous

#52DCB4 #52BFDC #527ADC

triadic

#52BFDC #DC52BF #BFDC52

tetradic

#52BFDC #B452DC #DC6F52 #7ADC52

square

#52BFDC #B452DC #DC6F52 #7ADC52

split-complementary

#52BFDC #DC527A #DCB452

monochromatic

#1E7C95 #29A7C8 #52BFDC #85D2E6 #B8E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#52BFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#52BFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BFDC

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BFDC	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 191, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.107 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2e7',
    500: '#52bfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bfdc;
$custom-light: #90d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.609,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75289,
    "c": 0.10673,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BFDC

secondary

#E0B5AA

accent

#623FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BFDC

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

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