#52C3EF#52C3EF

#52C3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.119 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C3EF
RGB	rgb(82, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -18.72, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 36.41, 239.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0808 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.119 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5685, 47.0519, 88.6939)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C3EF #EF7E52

analogous

#52EFCC #52C3EF #5274EF

triadic

#52C3EF #EF52C3 #C3EF52

tetradic

#52C3EF #CC52EF #EF7E52 #74EF52

square

#52C3EF #CC52EF #EF7E52 #74EF52

split-complementary

#52C3EF #EF5274 #EFCC52

monochromatic

#1188B6 #1AB0EA #52C3EF #8AD6F4 #C2EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#52C3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#52C3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C3EF

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C3EF	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.119 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5f4',
    500: '#52c3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c3ef;
$custom-light: #93d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.815,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76998,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C3EF

secondary

#EBC2B2

accent

#4306DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C3EF

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