#52A9E1#52A9E1

#52A9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A9E1
RGB	rgb(82, 169, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -9.27, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 37.18, 255.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0593 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.117 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2531, 35.6029, 76.4445)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A9E1 #E18A52

analogous

#52E1D2 #52A9E1 #5261E1

triadic

#52A9E1 #E152A9 #A9E152

tetradic

#52A9E1 #D252E1 #E18A52 #61E152

square

#52A9E1 #D252E1 #E18A52 #61E152

split-complementary

#52A9E1 #E15261 #E1D252

monochromatic

#1B6A9D #248ED1 #52A9E1 #86C3EA #BADDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#52A9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#52A9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A9E1

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A9E1	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 169, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2ea',
    500: '#52a9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a9e1;
$custom-light: #90c2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.497,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70442,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A9E1

secondary

#E3C1AC

accent

#5E13D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A9E1

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

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