#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
RGBrgb(82, 170, 230)
HSLhsl(204, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(204, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(64.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.71, -8.21, -37.98)
CIE-LCHlch(66.71, 38.85, 257.80°)
OKLaboklab(70.91% -0.0587 -0.1069)
OKLCHoklch(70.91% 0.122 241.2)
XYZxyz(32.1319, 36.2532, 80.1518)
Luminance0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##52AAE61.002.558.258.25
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2521.001.001.00
##0000008.2521.001.001.00

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

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#52AAE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva