#52B2E5#52B2E5

#52B2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2E5
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -12.89, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 36.30, 249.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0671 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.116 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5374, 39.2883, 79.9295)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2E5 #E58552

analogous

#52E5CE #52B2E5 #5268E5

triadic

#52B2E5 #E552B2 #B2E552

tetradic

#52B2E5 #CE52E5 #E58552 #68E552

square

#52B2E5 #CE52E5 #E58552 #68E552

split-complementary

#52B2E5 #E55268 #E5CE52

monochromatic

#1974A4 #2199D9 #52B2E5 #87CAED #BCE1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#52B2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#52B2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2E5

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2E5	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9ed',
    500: '#52b2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2e5;
$custom-light: #91c9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72675,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2E5

secondary

#E5C1AE

accent

#5410D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2E5

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

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