#52AAE6#52AAE6

#52AAE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AAE6
RGB	rgb(82, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -8.21, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 38.85, 257.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0587 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.122 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1319, 36.2532, 80.1518)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AAE6 #E68E52

analogous

#52E6D8 #52AAE6 #5260E6

triadic

#52AAE6 #E652AA #AAE652

tetradic

#52AAE6 #D852E6 #E68E52 #60E652

square

#52AAE6 #D852E6 #E68E52 #60E652

split-complementary

#52AAE6 #E65260 #E6D852

monochromatic

#186CA6 #208FDB #52AAE6 #87C4EE #BDDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#52AAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#52AAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AAE6

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AAE6	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3ee',
    500: '#52aae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aae6;
$custom-light: #90c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.324,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70906,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AAE6

secondary

#E6C5AE

accent

#600FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AAE6

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

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