#52AEE0#52AEE0

#52AEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AEE0
RGB	rgb(82, 174, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -12.31, -33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 35.50, 249.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0647 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.114 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0651, 37.4445, 76.0442)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AEE0 #E08452

analogous

#52E0CB #52AEE0 #5267E0

triadic

#52AEE0 #E052AE #AEE052

tetradic

#52AEE0 #CB52E0 #E08452 #67E052

square

#52AEE0 #CB52E0 #E08452 #67E052

split-complementary

#52AEE0 #E05267 #E0CB52

monochromatic

#1C6F9C #2594D0 #52AEE0 #86C6E9 #BADFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#52AEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#52AEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AEE0

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AEE0	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 174, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6ea',
    500: '#52aee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aee0;
$custom-light: #90c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71535,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AEE0

secondary

#E2BFAC

accent

#7A3BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AEE0

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

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