#52B3E8#52B3E8

#52B3E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3E8
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -12.47, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 37.10, 250.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0671 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.119 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1596, 39.8567, 82.2211)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3E8 #E88752

analogous

#52E8D2 #52B3E8 #5268E8

triadic

#52B3E8 #E852B3 #B3E852

tetradic

#52B3E8 #D252E8 #E88752 #68E852

square

#52B3E8 #D252E8 #E88752 #68E852

split-complementary

#52B3E8 #E85268 #E8D252

monochromatic

#1675A9 #1E9BDF #52B3E8 #88CBEF #BEE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#52B3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#52B3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3E8

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3E8	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)

#9AB2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9ef',
    500: '#52b3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3e8;
$custom-light: #91c9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.2,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73039,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3E8

secondary

#E7C3AF

accent

#550DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3E8

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

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