#52B1E8#52B1E8

#52B1E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B1E8
RGB	rgb(82, 177, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -11.39, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 37.60, 252.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0651 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.12 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7617, 39.0608, 82.0885)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B1E8 #E88952

analogous

#52E8D4 #52B1E8 #5266E8

triadic

#52B1E8 #E852B1 #B1E852

tetradic

#52B1E8 #D452E8 #E88952 #66E852

square

#52B1E8 #D452E8 #E88952 #66E852

split-complementary

#52B1E8 #E85266 #E8D452

monochromatic

#1673A9 #1E98DF #52B1E8 #88C9EF #BEE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#52B1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#52B1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B1E8

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B1E8	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 177, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c8ef',
    500: '#52b1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b1e8;
$custom-light: #91c8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B1E8

secondary

#E7C3AF

accent

#580DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B1E8

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

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