#52A5E6#52A5E6

#52A5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5E6
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -5.43, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 40.56, 262.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0536 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.125 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2124, 34.4141, 79.8452)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5E6 #E69352

analogous

#52E6DD #52A5E6 #525BE6

triadic

#52A5E6 #E652A5 #A5E652

tetradic

#52A5E6 #DD52E6 #E69352 #5BE652

square

#52A5E6 #DD52E6 #E69352 #5BE652

split-complementary

#52A5E6 #E6525B #E6DD52

monochromatic

#1867A6 #2089DB #52A5E6 #87C1EE #BDDDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#52A5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#52A5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5E6

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5E6	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfee',
    500: '#52a5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5e6;
$custom-light: #90bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.351,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69781,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5E6

secondary

#E6C7AE

accent

#670FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5E6

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

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