#52AAE5#52AAE5

#52AAE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.121 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AAE5
RGB	rgb(82, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -8.53, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 38.45, 257.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.059 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.121 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9919, 36.1972, 79.4143)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AAE5 #E58D52

analogous

#52E5D7 #52AAE5 #5260E5

triadic

#52AAE5 #E552AA #AAE552

tetradic

#52AAE5 #D752E5 #E58D52 #60E552

square

#52AAE5 #D752E5 #E58D52 #60E552

split-complementary

#52AAE5 #E55260 #E5D752

monochromatic

#196CA4 #218FD9 #52AAE5 #87C4ED #BCDEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#52AAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#52AAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AAE5

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AAE5	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.121 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3ed',
    500: '#52aae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aae5;
$custom-light: #90c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.082,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70858,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AAE5

secondary

#E5C4AE

accent

#5F10D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AAE5

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

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