#52B0E8#52B0E8

#52B0E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B0E8
RGB	rgb(82, 176, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -10.85, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 37.86, 253.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0641 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.12 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5649, 38.6672, 82.0229)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B0E8 #E88A52

analogous

#52E8D5 #52B0E8 #5265E8

triadic

#52B0E8 #E852B0 #B0E852

tetradic

#52B0E8 #D552E8 #E88A52 #65E852

square

#52B0E8 #D552E8 #E88A52 #65E852

split-complementary

#52B0E8 #E85265 #E8D552

monochromatic

#1672A9 #1E97DF #52B0E8 #88C9EF #BEE1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#52B0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#52B0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B0E8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B0E8	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 176, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7ef',
    500: '#52b0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b0e8;
$custom-light: #91c7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.4,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72357,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B0E8

secondary

#E7C4AF

accent

#590DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B0E8

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

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