#52B2E9#52B2E9

#52B2E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.120 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2E9
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -11.61, -35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 37.70, 252.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0658 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.12 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1024, 39.5143, 82.9048)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2E9 #E98952

analogous

#52E9D4 #52B2E9 #5267E9

triadic

#52B2E9 #E952B2 #B2E952

tetradic

#52B2E9 #D452E9 #E98952 #67E952

square

#52B2E9 #D452E9 #E98952 #67E952

split-complementary

#52B2E9 #E95267 #E9D452

monochromatic

#1675AB #1D9AE1 #52B2E9 #88CAF0 #BFE2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#52B2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#52B2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2E9

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2E9	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.120 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9f0',
    500: '#52b2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2e9;
$custom-light: #91c9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.854,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72857,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2E9

secondary

#E7C4AF

accent

#570CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2E9

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

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