#52B4EC#52B4EC

#52B4EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.122 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4EC
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -11.74, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 38.27, 252.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0668 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.122 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9354, 40.4888, 85.3146)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4EC #EC8A52

analogous

#52ECD7 #52B4EC #5267EC

triadic

#52B4EC #EC52B4 #B4EC52

tetradic

#52B4EC #D752EC #EC8A52 #67EC52

square

#52B4EC #D752EC #EC8A52 #67EC52

split-complementary

#52B4EC #EC5267 #ECD752

monochromatic

#1377B0 #1B9CE6 #52B4EC #89CCF2 #C0E4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#52B4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#52B4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4EC

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4EC	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.122 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caf2',
    500: '#52b4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4ec;
$custom-light: #92caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73449,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4EC

secondary

#E9C5B1

accent

#5609DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4EC

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

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