#52B2E7#52B2E7

#52B2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2E7
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -12.25, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 36.99, 250.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0665 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.118 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8183, 39.4006, 81.4086)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2E7 #E78752

analogous

#52E7D2 #52B2E7 #5268E7

triadic

#52B2E7 #E752B2 #B2E752

tetradic

#52B2E7 #D252E7 #E78752 #68E752

square

#52B2E7 #D252E7 #E78752 #68E752

split-complementary

#52B2E7 #E75268 #E7D252

monochromatic

#1774A7 #1F99DD #52B2E7 #88CAEE #BDE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#52B2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#52B2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2E7

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2E7	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9ee',
    500: '#52b2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2e7;
$custom-light: #91c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.342,
    "s": 75.635,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72766,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2E7

secondary

#E6C2AF

accent

#560ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2E7

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

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