#52B4E2#52B4E2

#52B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4E2
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -14.90, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 34.93, 244.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0702 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.113 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5230, 39.9239, 77.8761)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4E2 #E28052

analogous

#52E2C8 #52B4E2 #526CE2

triadic

#52B4E2 #E252B4 #B4E252

tetradic

#52B4E2 #C852E2 #E28052 #6CE252

square

#52B4E2 #C852E2 #E28052 #6CE252

split-complementary

#52B4E2 #E2526C #E2C852

monochromatic

#1B759F #239BD3 #52B4E2 #86CBEB #BBE1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#52B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#52B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4E2

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4E2	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90caeb',
    500: '#52b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4e2;
$custom-light: #90caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.167,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4E2

secondary

#E3BEAC

accent

#5012D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4E2

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

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