#52B4E5#52B4E5

#52B4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4E5
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -13.96, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 35.87, 247.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0692 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.116 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9383, 40.0900, 80.0631)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4E5 #E58352

analogous

#52E5CC #52B4E5 #526AE5

triadic

#52B4E5 #E552B4 #B4E552

tetradic

#52B4E5 #CC52E5 #E58352 #6AE552

square

#52B4E5 #CC52E5 #E58352 #6AE552

split-complementary

#52B4E5 #E5526A #E5CC52

monochromatic

#1976A4 #219CD9 #52B4E5 #87CBED #BCE2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#52B4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#52B4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4E5

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4E5	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91caed',
    500: '#52b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4e5;
$custom-light: #91caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4E5

secondary

#E5C0AE

accent

#5210D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4E5

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

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