#52C5DC#52C5DC

#52C5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.107 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C5DC
RGB	rgb(82, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -25.48, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 33.10, 219.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.09 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.107 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3589, 46.8898, 74.8307)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C5DC #DC6952

analogous

#52DCAE #52C5DC #5280DC

triadic

#52C5DC #DC52C5 #C5DC52

tetradic

#52C5DC #AE52DC #DC6952 #80DC52

square

#52C5DC #AE52DC #DC6952 #80DC52

split-complementary

#52C5DC #DC5280 #DCAE52

monochromatic

#1E8295 #29AEC8 #52C5DC #85D6E6 #B8E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#52C5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#52C5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C5DC

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C5DC	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.107 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e6',
    500: '#52c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c5dc;
$custom-light: #91d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7669,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C5DC

secondary

#E0B3AA

accent

#5B3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C5DC

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

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