#52B4E6#52B4E6

#52B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#52B4E6
RGBrgb(82, 180, 230)
HSLhsl(200, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(200, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(64.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.57, -13.64, -33.53)
CIE-LCHlch(69.57, 36.20, 247.86°)
OKLaboklab(73.18% -0.0688 -0.094)
OKLCHoklch(73.18% 0.117 233.8)
XYZxyz(34.0783, 40.1460, 80.8006)
Luminance0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#52B4E6 #E68452
analogous
#52E6CE #52B4E6 #526AE6
triadic
#52B4E6 #E652B4 #B4E652
tetradic
#52B4E6 #CE52E6 #E68452 #6AE652
square
#52B4E6 #CE52E6 #E68452 #6AE652
split-complementary
#52B4E6 #E6526A #E6CE52
monochromatic
#1876A6 #209CDB #52B4E6 #87CBEE #BDE2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#52B4E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03
#52B4E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4E6
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##52B4E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##52B4E61.002.339.039.03
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0321.001.001.00
##0000009.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CB2E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87A3E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #52b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 233.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91caee',
    500: '#52b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #52b4e6;
$custom-light: #91caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#52b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.27,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73176,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#52B4E6
secondary
#E6C1AE
accent
#520FD7
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4E6

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#52B4E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva