#52A9E6#52A9E6

#52A9E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A9E6
RGB	rgb(82, 169, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -7.66, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 39.18, 258.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0577 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.123 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9452, 35.8797, 80.0895)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A9E6 #E68F52

analogous

#52E6D9 #52A9E6 #525FE6

triadic

#52A9E6 #E652A9 #A9E652

tetradic

#52A9E6 #D952E6 #E68F52 #5FE652

square

#52A9E6 #D952E6 #E68F52 #5FE652

split-complementary

#52A9E6 #E6525F #E6D952

monochromatic

#186BA6 #208EDB #52A9E6 #87C4EE #BDDEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#52A9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#52A9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A9E6

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A9E6	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 169, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2ee',
    500: '#52a9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a9e6;
$custom-light: #90c2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.73,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7068,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A9E6

secondary

#E6C5AE

accent

#610FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A9E6

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

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