#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
RGBrgb(82, 170, 229)
HSLhsl(204, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(204, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(64.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.67, -8.53, -37.49)
CIE-LCHlch(66.67, 38.45, 257.18°)
OKLaboklab(70.86% -0.059 -0.1055)
OKLCHoklch(70.86% 0.121 240.8)
XYZxyz(31.9919, 36.1972, 79.4143)
Luminance0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##52AAE51.002.558.248.24
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2421.001.001.00
##0000008.2421.001.001.00

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

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#52AAE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva