#52ADE2#52ADE2

#52ADE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ADE2
RGB	rgb(82, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -11.14, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 36.45, 252.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.063 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.116 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1454, 37.1687, 77.4169)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ADE2 #E28752

analogous

#52E2CF #52ADE2 #5265E2

triadic

#52ADE2 #E252AD #ADE252

tetradic

#52ADE2 #CF52E2 #E28752 #65E252

square

#52ADE2 #CF52E2 #E28752 #65E252

split-complementary

#52ADE2 #E25265 #E2CF52

monochromatic

#1B6E9F #2393D3 #52ADE2 #86C6EB #BBDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#52ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#52ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ADE2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ADE2	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5eb',
    500: '#52ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52ade2;
$custom-light: #90c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.083,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71398,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ADE2

secondary

#E3C1AC

accent

#5912D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ADE2

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

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