#52B2E3#52B2E3

#52B2E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2E3
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 227)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -13.52, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 35.63, 247.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0678 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.115 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2598, 39.1772, 78.4673)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2E3 #E38352

analogous

#52E3CB #52B2E3 #5269E3

triadic

#52B2E3 #E352B2 #B2E352

tetradic

#52B2E3 #CB52E3 #E38352 #69E352

square

#52B2E3 #CB52E3 #E38352 #69E352

split-complementary

#52B2E3 #E35269 #E3CB52

monochromatic

#1A73A1 #2399D5 #52B2E3 #87C9EC #BBE1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#52B2E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#52B2E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2E3

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2E3	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9ec',
    500: '#52b2e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2e3;
$custom-light: #90c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.276,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2E3

secondary

#E4BFAD

accent

#5311D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2E3

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

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