#52CDE9#52CDE9

#52CDE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.114 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52CDE9
RGB	rgb(82, 205, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 12%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -25.62, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 35.05, 223.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.093 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.114 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0129, 51.3353, 84.8750)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52CDE9 #E96E52

analogous

#52E9BA #52CDE9 #5282E9

triadic

#52CDE9 #E952CD #CDE952

tetradic

#52CDE9 #BA52E9 #E96E52 #82E952

square

#52CDE9 #BA52E9 #E96E52 #82E952

split-complementary

#52CDE9 #E95282 #E9BA52

monochromatic

#168FAB #1DBDE1 #52CDE9 #88DDF0 #BFECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#52CDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#52CDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52CDE9

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52CDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52CDE9	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52cde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 205, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.114 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dcf0',
    500: '#52cde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52cde9;
$custom-light: #93dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52cde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.126,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79057,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52CDE9

secondary

#AC4A33

accent

#320CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #52CDE9

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

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