#52B5E5#52B5E5

#52B5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.115 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5E5
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 21%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -14.49, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 35.68, 246.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0702 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.115 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1409, 40.4952, 80.1306)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5E5 #E58252

analogous

#52E5CB #52B5E5 #526BE5

triadic

#52B5E5 #E552B5 #B5E552

tetradic

#52B5E5 #CB52E5 #E58252 #6BE552

square

#52B5E5 #CB52E5 #E58252 #6BE552

split-complementary

#52B5E5 #E5526B #E5CB52

monochromatic

#1976A4 #219DD9 #52B5E5 #87CCED #BCE3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#52B5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#52B5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5E5

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5E5	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)

#9DB3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.115 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbed',
    500: '#52b5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5e5;
$custom-light: #91cbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7336,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5E5

secondary

#E5C0AE

accent

#5010D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5E5

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

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