#52C9EF#52C9EF

#52C9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.118 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C9EF
RGB	rgb(82, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -21.80, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 35.95, 232.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0868 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.118 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9400, 49.7948, 89.1511)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C9EF #EF7852

analogous

#52EFC6 #52C9EF #527BEF

triadic

#52C9EF #EF52C9 #C9EF52

tetradic

#52C9EF #C652EF #EF7852 #7BEF52

square

#52C9EF #C652EF #EF7852 #7BEF52

split-complementary

#52C9EF #EF527B #EFC652

monochromatic

#118EB6 #1AB8EA #52C9EF #8ADAF4 #C2ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#52C9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#52C9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C9EF

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C9EF	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.118 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9f4',
    500: '#52c9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c9ef;
$custom-light: #93d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.522,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C9EF

secondary

#EBC0B2

accent

#3B06DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C9EF

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

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