#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
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -13.64, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 36.20, 247.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0688 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.117 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0783, 40.1460, 80.8006)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##52B4E6	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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