#52A5E2#52A5E2

#52A5E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5E2
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -6.73, -38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 38.86, 260.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0548 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.121 243)
XYZ	xyz(30.6571, 34.1920, 76.9208)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5E2 #E28F52

analogous

#52E2D7 #52A5E2 #525DE2

triadic

#52A5E2 #E252A5 #A5E252

tetradic

#52A5E2 #D752E2 #E28F52 #5DE252

square

#52A5E2 #D752E2 #E28F52 #5DE252

split-complementary

#52A5E2 #E2525D #E2D752

monochromatic

#1B679F #2389D3 #52A5E2 #86C0EB #BBDCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#52A5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#52A5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5E2

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5E2	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfeb',
    500: '#52a5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5e2;
$custom-light: #90bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.417,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69585,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.34195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5E2

secondary

#E3C4AC

accent

#6412D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5E2

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

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