#52ACE5#52ACE5

#52ACE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.120 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACE5
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -9.63, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 37.85, 255.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.061 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.12 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3696, 36.9527, 79.5402)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACE5 #E58B52

analogous

#52E5D4 #52ACE5 #5262E5

triadic

#52ACE5 #E552AC #ACE552

tetradic

#52ACE5 #D452E5 #E58B52 #62E552

square

#52ACE5 #D452E5 #E58B52 #62E552

split-complementary

#52ACE5 #E55262 #E5D452

monochromatic

#196EA4 #2192D9 #52ACE5 #87C6ED #BCDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#52ACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#52ACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACE5

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACE5	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52ace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.120 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4ed',
    500: '#52ace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52ace5;
$custom-light: #90c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52ace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71311,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACE5

secondary

#E5C3AE

accent

#5C10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACE5

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

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