#52C5EF#52C5EF

#52C5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C5EF
RGB	rgb(82, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -19.75, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 36.21, 236.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0828 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.119 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0197, 47.9541, 88.8443)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C5EF #EF7C52

analogous

#52EFCA #52C5EF #5276EF

triadic

#52C5EF #EF52C5 #C5EF52

tetradic

#52C5EF #CA52EF #EF7C52 #76EF52

square

#52C5EF #CA52EF #EF7C52 #76EF52

split-complementary

#52C5EF #EF5276 #EFCA52

monochromatic

#118AB6 #1AB2EA #52C5EF #8AD8F4 #C2EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#52C5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#52C5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C5EF

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C5EF	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f4',
    500: '#52c5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c5ef;
$custom-light: #93d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.051,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77456,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C5EF

secondary

#EBC1B2

accent

#4006DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C5EF

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