#52C9EE#52C9EE

#52C9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.117 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C9EE
RGB	rgb(82, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -22.10, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 35.75, 231.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0871 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.117 222)
XYZ	xyz(39.7927, 49.7359, 88.3752)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C9EE #EE7752

analogous

#52EEC5 #52C9EE #527BEE

triadic

#52C9EE #EE52C9 #C9EE52

tetradic

#52C9EE #C552EE #EE7752 #7BEE52

square

#52C9EE #C552EE #EE7752 #7BEE52

split-complementary

#52C9EE #EE527B #EEC552

monochromatic

#128DB4 #1AB8E9 #52C9EE #8ADAF3 #C1ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#52C9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#52C9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C9EE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C9EE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.117 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9f3',
    500: '#52c9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c9ee;
$custom-light: #93d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.231,
    "s": 82.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78333,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.4974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C9EE

secondary

#EABFB2

accent

#3A07DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C9EE

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

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