#52C4DD#52C4DD

#52C4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.108 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C4DD
RGB	rgb(82, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -24.69, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 33.10, 221.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0885 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.108 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2654, 46.4903, 75.4549)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C4DD #DD6B52

analogous

#52DDB0 #52C4DD #527FDD

triadic

#52C4DD #DD52C4 #C4DD52

tetradic

#52C4DD #B052DD #DD6B52 #7FDD52

square

#52C4DD #B052DD #DD6B52 #7FDD52

split-complementary

#52C4DD #DD527F #DDB052

monochromatic

#1E8197 #28ADCA #52C4DD #85D5E7 #B8E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#52C4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#52C4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C4DD

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C4DD	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.108 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e7',
    500: '#52c4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c4dd;
$custom-light: #91d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.791,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76495,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C4DD

secondary

#E0B4AA

accent

#5D3EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C4DD

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

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