#52B1E1#52B1E1

#52B1E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B1E1
RGB	rgb(82, 177, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -13.61, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 35.18, 247.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0675 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.113 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7871, 38.6710, 76.9559)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B1E1 #E18252

analogous

#52E1C9 #52B1E1 #5269E1

triadic

#52B1E1 #E152B1 #B1E152

tetradic

#52B1E1 #C952E1 #E18252 #69E152

square

#52B1E1 #C952E1 #E18252 #69E152

split-complementary

#52B1E1 #E15269 #E1C952

monochromatic

#1B729D #2497D1 #52B1E1 #86C9EA #BAE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#52B1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#52B1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B1E1

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B1E1	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)

#9AAFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 177, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8ea',
    500: '#52b1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b1e1;
$custom-light: #90c8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.14,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B1E1

secondary

#E3BEAC

accent

#5313D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B1E1

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

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