#52B2E8#52B2E8

#52B2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2E8
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -11.93, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 37.34, 251.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0661 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.119 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9599, 39.4573, 82.1546)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2E8 #E88852

analogous

#52E8D3 #52B2E8 #5267E8

triadic

#52B2E8 #E852B2 #B2E852

tetradic

#52B2E8 #D352E8 #E88852 #67E852

square

#52B2E8 #D352E8 #E88852 #67E852

split-complementary

#52B2E8 #E85267 #E8D352

monochromatic

#1674A9 #1E99DF #52B2E8 #88CAEF #BEE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#52B2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#52B2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2E8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2E8	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9ef',
    500: '#52b2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2e8;
$custom-light: #91c9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72811,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2E8

secondary

#E7C3AF

accent

#560DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2E8

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

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