#52C9ED#52C9ED

#52C9ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.117 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C9ED
RGB	rgb(82, 201, 237)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -22.41, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 35.57, 230.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0875 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.117 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6462, 49.6773, 87.6036)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C9ED #ED7652

analogous

#52EDC3 #52C9ED #527CED

triadic

#52C9ED #ED52C9 #C9ED52

tetradic

#52C9ED #C352ED #ED7652 #7CED52

square

#52C9ED #C352ED #ED7652 #7CED52

split-complementary

#52C9ED #ED527C #EDC352

monochromatic

#138DB2 #1BB8E7 #52C9ED #89DAF3 #C1ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#52C9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#52C9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C9ED

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C9ED	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 201, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.117 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9f3',
    500: '#52c9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c9ed;
$custom-light: #93d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.935,
    "s": 81.152,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78292,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C9ED

secondary

#EABEB1

accent

#3A08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C9ED

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

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