#52AEE3#52AEE3

#52AEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AEE3
RGB	rgb(82, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -11.36, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 36.56, 251.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0637 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.117 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4755, 37.6087, 78.2059)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AEE3 #E38752

analogous

#52E3CF #52AEE3 #5265E3

triadic

#52AEE3 #E352AE #AEE352

tetradic

#52AEE3 #CF52E3 #E38752 #65E352

square

#52AEE3 #CF52E3 #E38752 #65E352

split-complementary

#52AEE3 #E35265 #E3CF52

monochromatic

#1A6FA1 #2394D5 #52AEE3 #87C7EC #BBDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#52AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#52AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AEE3

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AEE3	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6ec',
    500: '#52aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aee3;
$custom-light: #90c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.931,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71672,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AEE3

secondary

#E4C1AD

accent

#5911D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AEE3

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

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