#52D3EE#52D3EE

#52D3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.117 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52D3EE
RGB	rgb(82, 211, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -27.10, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 36.01, 221.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0971 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.117 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2001, 54.5508, 89.1777)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52D3EE #EE6D52

analogous

#52EEBB #52D3EE #5285EE

triadic

#52D3EE #EE52D3 #D3EE52

tetradic

#52D3EE #BB52EE #EE6D52 #85EE52

square

#52D3EE #BB52EE #EE6D52 #85EE52

split-complementary

#52D3EE #EE5285 #EEBB52

monochromatic

#1298B4 #1AC5E9 #52D3EE #8AE1F3 #C1EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#52D3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#52D3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52D3EE

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52D3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52D3EE	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52d3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 211, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.117 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f3',
    500: '#52d3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52d3ee;
$custom-light: #94e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52d3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 82.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80641,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52D3EE

secondary

#B44731

accent

#2C07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #52D3EE

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

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