#52A8E5#52A8E5

#52A8E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A8E5
RGB	rgb(82, 168, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 26.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -7.43, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 39.10, 259.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.057 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.122 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6198, 35.4530, 79.2903)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A8E5 #E58F52

analogous

#52E5D8 #52A8E5 #525EE5

triadic

#52A8E5 #E552A8 #A8E552

tetradic

#52A8E5 #D852E5 #E58F52 #5EE552

square

#52A8E5 #D852E5 #E58F52 #5EE552

split-complementary

#52A8E5 #E5525E #E5D852

monochromatic

#196AA4 #218DD9 #52A8E5 #87C3ED #BCDEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#52A8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#52A8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A8E5

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A8E5	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 168, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1ed',
    500: '#52a8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a8e5;
$custom-light: #90c1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.898,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70407,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A8E5

secondary

#E5C5AE

accent

#6210D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A8E5

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

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