#52AAE0#52AAE0

#52AAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.116 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AAE0
RGB	rgb(82, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -10.14, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 36.51, 253.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0606 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.116 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3038, 35.9219, 75.7905)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AAE0 #E08852

analogous

#52E0CF #52AAE0 #5263E0

triadic

#52AAE0 #E052AA #AAE052

tetradic

#52AAE0 #CF52E0 #E08852 #63E052

square

#52AAE0 #CF52E0 #E08852 #63E052

split-complementary

#52AAE0 #E05263 #E0CF52

monochromatic

#1C6B9C #258FD0 #52AAE0 #86C3E9 #BADDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#52AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#52AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AAE0

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AAE0	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)

#91AAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.116 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3ea',
    500: '#52aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aae0;
$custom-light: #90c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.817,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70622,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AAE0

secondary

#E2C0AC

accent

#7F3BEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AAE0

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

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