#52B3E4#52B3E4

#52B3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.115 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3E4
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -13.74, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 35.75, 247.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0685 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.115 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5979, 39.6320, 79.2628)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3E4 #E48352

analogous

#52E4CC #52B3E4 #526AE4

triadic

#52B3E4 #E452B3 #B3E452

tetradic

#52B3E4 #CC52E4 #E48352 #6AE452

square

#52B3E4 #CC52E4 #E48352 #6AE452

split-complementary

#52B3E4 #E4526A #E4CC52

monochromatic

#1974A2 #229AD7 #52B3E4 #87CAEC #BCE2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#52B3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#52B3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3E4

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3E4	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.115 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9ec',
    500: '#52b3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3e4;
$custom-light: #91c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.137,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3E4

secondary

#E5C0AD

accent

#5210D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3E4

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

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