#52A8E6#52A8E6

#52A8E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A8E6
RGB	rgb(82, 168, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -7.10, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 39.51, 259.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0567 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.123 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7598, 35.5090, 80.0277)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A8E6 #E69052

analogous

#52E6DA #52A8E6 #525EE6

triadic

#52A8E6 #E652A8 #A8E652

tetradic

#52A8E6 #DA52E6 #E69052 #5EE652

square

#52A8E6 #DA52E6 #E69052 #5EE652

split-complementary

#52A8E6 #E6525E #E6DA52

monochromatic

#186AA6 #208DDB #52A8E6 #87C3EE #BDDEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#52A8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#52A8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A8E6

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A8E6	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 168, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1ee',
    500: '#52a8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a8e6;
$custom-light: #90c1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.135,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70455,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A8E6

secondary

#E6C5AE

accent

#630FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A8E6

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

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