#52BFDE#52BFDE

#52BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BFDE
RGB	rgb(82, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -21.86, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 33.03, 228.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.083 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.108 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2900, 44.3257, 75.7890)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BFDE #DE7152

analogous

#52DEB7 #52BFDE #5279DE

triadic

#52BFDE #DE52BF #BFDE52

tetradic

#52BFDE #B752DE #DE7152 #79DE52

square

#52BFDE #B752DE #DE7152 #79DE52

split-complementary

#52BFDE #DE5279 #DEB752

monochromatic

#1D7D99 #27A7CC #52BFDE #85D2E8 #B9E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#52BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#52BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BFDE

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BFDE	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)

#ACBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2e8',
    500: '#52bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bfde;
$custom-light: #91d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.286,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7537,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BFDE

secondary

#E1B7AB

accent

#633DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BFDE

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

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