#52C4ED#52C4ED

#52C4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.117 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C4ED
RGB	rgb(82, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -19.86, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 35.83, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0825 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.117 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4995, 47.3840, 87.2214)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C4ED #ED7B52

analogous

#52EDC9 #52C4ED #5276ED

triadic

#52C4ED #ED52C4 #C4ED52

tetradic

#52C4ED #C952ED #ED7B52 #76ED52

square

#52C4ED #C952ED #ED7B52 #76ED52

split-complementary

#52C4ED #ED5276 #EDC952

monochromatic

#1388B2 #1BB1E7 #52C4ED #89D7F3 #C1EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#52C4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#52C4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C4ED

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C4ED	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.117 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f3',
    500: '#52c4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c4ed;
$custom-light: #93d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 81.152,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77143,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C4ED

secondary

#EAC0B1

accent

#4008DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C4ED

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

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