#52B5E7#52B5E7

#52B5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.117 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5E7
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -13.86, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 36.32, 247.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0695 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.117 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4217, 40.6075, 81.6098)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5E7 #E78452

analogous

#52E7CF #52B5E7 #526BE7

triadic

#52B5E7 #E752B5 #B5E752

tetradic

#52B5E7 #CF52E7 #E78452 #6BE752

square

#52B5E7 #CF52E7 #E78452 #6BE752

split-complementary

#52B5E7 #E7526B #E7CF52

monochromatic

#1777A7 #1F9DDD #52B5E7 #88CCEE #BDE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#52B5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#52B5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5E7

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5E7	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.117 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbee',
    500: '#52b5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5e7;
$custom-light: #91cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.134,
    "s": 75.635,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73449,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5E7

secondary

#E6C1AF

accent

#520ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5E7

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

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