#52B4E3#52B4E3

#52B4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4E3
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -14.59, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 35.24, 245.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0699 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.114 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6606, 39.9789, 78.6009)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4E3 #E38152

analogous

#52E3C9 #52B4E3 #526BE3

triadic

#52B4E3 #E352B4 #B4E352

tetradic

#52B4E3 #C952E3 #E38152 #6BE352

square

#52B4E3 #C952E3 #E38152 #6BE352

split-complementary

#52B4E3 #E3526B #E3C952

monochromatic

#1A75A1 #239BD5 #52B4E3 #87CBEC #BBE2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#52B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#52B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4E3

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4E3	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91caec',
    500: '#52b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4e3;
$custom-light: #91caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.448,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73042,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4E3

secondary

#E4BFAD

accent

#5011D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4E3

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

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