#52B4E7#52B4E7

#52B4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4E7
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -13.33, -34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 36.53, 248.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0685 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.117 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2191, 40.2023, 81.5422)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4E7 #E78552

analogous

#52E7D0 #52B4E7 #526AE7

triadic

#52B4E7 #E752B4 #B4E752

tetradic

#52B4E7 #D052E7 #E78552 #6AE752

square

#52B4E7 #D052E7 #E78552 #6AE752

split-complementary

#52B4E7 #E7526A #E7D052

monochromatic

#1776A7 #1F9CDD #52B4E7 #88CBEE #BDE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#52B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#52B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4E7

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4E7	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91caee',
    500: '#52b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4e7;
$custom-light: #91caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 75.635,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73221,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4E7

secondary

#E6C2AF

accent

#530ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4E7

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

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