#52ACE4#52ACE4

#52ACE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACE4
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -9.95, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 37.47, 254.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0614 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.119 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2304, 36.8970, 78.8070)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACE4 #E48A52

analogous

#52E4D3 #52ACE4 #5263E4

triadic

#52ACE4 #E452AC #ACE452

tetradic

#52ACE4 #D352E4 #E48A52 #63E452

square

#52ACE4 #D352E4 #E48A52 #63E452

split-complementary

#52ACE4 #E45263 #E4D352

monochromatic

#196EA2 #2292D7 #52ACE4 #87C5EC #BCDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#52ACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#52ACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACE4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACE4	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52ace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4ec',
    500: '#52ace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52ace4;
$custom-light: #90c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52ace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.014,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71264,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACE4

secondary

#E5C2AD

accent

#5C10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACE4

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

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