#52B4E0#52B4E0

#52B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4E0
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -15.53, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 34.33, 243.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0709 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.111 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2502, 39.8147, 76.4393)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4E0 #E07E52

analogous

#52E0C5 #52B4E0 #526DE0

triadic

#52B4E0 #E052B4 #B4E052

tetradic

#52B4E0 #C552E0 #E07E52 #6DE052

square

#52B4E0 #C552E0 #E07E52 #6DE052

split-complementary

#52B4E0 #E0526D #E0C552

monochromatic

#1C749C #259BD0 #52B4E0 #86CAE9 #BAE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#52B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#52B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4E0

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4E0	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae9',
    500: '#52b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4e0;
$custom-light: #90cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.592,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7291,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4E0

secondary

#E2BDAC

accent

#723BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4E0

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

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