#52C5EC#52C5EC

#52C5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.116 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C5EC
RGB	rgb(82, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -20.68, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 35.53, 234.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0839 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.116 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5801, 47.7783, 86.5295)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C5EC #EC7952

analogous

#52ECC6 #52C5EC #5278EC

triadic

#52C5EC #EC52C5 #C5EC52

tetradic

#52C5EC #C652EC #EC7952 #78EC52

square

#52C5EC #C652EC #EC7952 #78EC52

split-complementary

#52C5EC #EC5278 #ECC652

monochromatic

#1389B0 #1BB3E6 #52C5EC #89D7F2 #C0EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#52C5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#52C5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C5EC

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C5EC	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.116 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f2',
    500: '#52c5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c5ec;
$custom-light: #93d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.195,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77331,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C5EC

secondary

#E9BFB1

accent

#3F09DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C5EC

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

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