#52B4EF#52B4EF

#52B4EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4EF
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -10.77, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 39.36, 254.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0659 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.125 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3749, 40.6646, 87.6294)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4EF #EF8D52

analogous

#52EFDC #52B4EF #5265EF

triadic

#52B4EF #EF52B4 #B4EF52

tetradic

#52B4EF #DC52EF #EF8D52 #65EF52

square

#52B4EF #DC52EF #EF8D52 #65EF52

split-complementary

#52B4EF #EF5265 #EFDC52

monochromatic

#1178B6 #1A9CEA #52B4EF #8ACCF4 #C2E5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#52B4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#52B4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4EF

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4EF	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caf4',
    500: '#52b4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4ef;
$custom-light: #92caf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.548,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73589,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4EF

secondary

#EBC7B2

accent

#5806DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4EF

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

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