#52B2EF#52B2EF

#52B2EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2EF
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 25.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -9.69, -38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 39.94, 255.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0639 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.126 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9741, 39.8630, 87.4958)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2EF #EF8F52

analogous

#52EFDD #52B2EF #5263EF

triadic

#52B2EF #EF52B2 #B2EF52

tetradic

#52B2EF #DD52EF #EF8F52 #63EF52

square

#52B2EF #DD52EF #EF8F52 #63EF52

split-complementary

#52B2EF #EF5263 #EFDD52

monochromatic

#1176B6 #1A99EA #52B2EF #8ACBF4 #C2E4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#52B2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#52B2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2EF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2EF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c8f4',
    500: '#52b2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2ef;
$custom-light: #92c8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.312,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2EF

secondary

#EBC8B2

accent

#5B06DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2EF

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