#52B2E0#52B2E0

#52B2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2E0
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -14.46, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 34.67, 245.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0689 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.112 232)
XYZ	xyz(32.8494, 39.0131, 76.3056)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2E0 #E08052

analogous

#52E0C7 #52B2E0 #526BE0

triadic

#52B2E0 #E052B2 #B2E052

tetradic

#52B2E0 #C752E0 #E08052 #6BE052

square

#52B2E0 #C752E0 #E08052 #6BE052

split-complementary

#52B2E0 #E0526B #E0C752

monochromatic

#1C729C #2598D0 #52B2E0 #86C9E9 #BAE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#52B2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#52B2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2E0

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2E0	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e9',
    500: '#52b2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2e0;
$custom-light: #90c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72451,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.39016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2E0

secondary

#E2BDAC

accent

#753BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2E0

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

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