#52B4E1#52B4E1

#52B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4E1
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -15.21, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 34.63, 243.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0706 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.112 231)
XYZ	xyz(33.3862, 39.8691, 77.1556)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4E1 #E17F52

analogous

#52E1C6 #52B4E1 #526DE1

triadic

#52B4E1 #E152B4 #B4E152

tetradic

#52B4E1 #C652E1 #E17F52 #6DE152

square

#52B4E1 #C652E1 #E17F52 #6DE152

split-complementary

#52B4E1 #E1526D #E1C652

monochromatic

#1B749D #249BD1 #52B4E1 #86CBEA #BAE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#52B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#52B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4E1

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4E1	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)

#9DB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90caea',
    500: '#52b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4e1;
$custom-light: #90caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72954,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.39873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4E1

secondary

#E3BDAC

accent

#4F13D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4E1

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

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