#52B3E5#52B3E5

#52B3E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3E5
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 21.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -13.42, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 36.08, 248.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0682 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.116 234)
XYZ	xyz(33.7371, 39.6877, 79.9961)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3E5 #E58452

analogous

#52E5CD #52B3E5 #5269E5

triadic

#52B3E5 #E552B3 #B3E552

tetradic

#52B3E5 #CD52E5 #E58452 #69E552

square

#52B3E5 #CD52E5 #E58452 #69E552

split-complementary

#52B3E5 #E55269 #E5CD52

monochromatic

#1975A4 #219AD9 #52B3E5 #87CAED #BCE2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#52B3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#52B3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3E5

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3E5	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9ed',
    500: '#52b3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3e5;
$custom-light: #91c9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.408,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72903,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.39691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3E5

secondary

#E5C1AE

accent

#5310D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3E5

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

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