#52B4E8#52B4E8

#52B4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4E8
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -13.01, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 36.87, 249.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0682 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.118 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3608, 40.2590, 82.2882)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4E8 #E88652

analogous

#52E8D1 #52B4E8 #5269E8

triadic

#52B4E8 #E852B4 #B4E852

tetradic

#52B4E8 #D152E8 #E88652 #69E852

square

#52B4E8 #D152E8 #E88652 #69E852

split-complementary

#52B4E8 #E85269 #E8D152

monochromatic

#1676A9 #1E9CDF #52B4E8 #88CBEF #BEE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#52B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#52B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4E8

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4E8	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91caef',
    500: '#52b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4e8;
$custom-light: #91caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.8,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73266,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4E8

secondary

#E7C2AF

accent

#530DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4E8

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

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