#52C5DD#52C5DD

#52C5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.108 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C5DD
RGB	rgb(82, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -25.19, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 33.19, 220.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0896 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.108 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4917, 46.9429, 75.5303)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C5DD #DD6A52

analogous

#52DDB0 #52C5DD #527FDD

triadic

#52C5DD #DD52C5 #C5DD52

tetradic

#52C5DD #B052DD #DD6A52 #7FDD52

square

#52C5DD #B052DD #DD6A52 #7FDD52

split-complementary

#52C5DD #DD527F #DDB052

monochromatic

#1E8297 #28AECA #52C5DD #85D6E7 #B8E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#52C5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#52C5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C5DD

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C5DD	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.108 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e7',
    500: '#52c5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c5dd;
$custom-light: #91d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.36,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76728,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C5DD

secondary

#E0B4AA

accent

#5C3EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C5DD

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

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