#52C5ED#52C5ED

#52C5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.117 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C5ED
RGB	rgb(82, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -20.37, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 35.75, 235.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0835 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.117 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7258, 47.8366, 87.2968)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C5ED #ED7A52

analogous

#52EDC8 #52C5ED #5277ED

triadic

#52C5ED #ED52C5 #C5ED52

tetradic

#52C5ED #C852ED #ED7A52 #77ED52

square

#52C5ED #C852ED #ED7A52 #77ED52

split-complementary

#52C5ED #ED5277 #EDC852

monochromatic

#1389B2 #1BB2E7 #52C5ED #89D8F3 #C1EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#52C5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#52C5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C5ED

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C5ED	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.117 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f3',
    500: '#52c5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c5ed;
$custom-light: #93d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 81.152,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77372,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C5ED

secondary

#EAC0B1

accent

#3F08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C5ED

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

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