#52B8E2#52B8E2

#52B8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8E2
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -17.02, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 34.33, 240.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0743 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.112 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3422, 41.5622, 78.1492)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8E2 #E27C52

analogous

#52E2C4 #52B8E2 #5270E2

triadic

#52B8E2 #E252B8 #B8E252

tetradic

#52B8E2 #C452E2 #E27C52 #70E252

square

#52B8E2 #C452E2 #E27C52 #70E252

split-complementary

#52B8E2 #E25270 #E2C452

monochromatic

#1B789F #23A0D3 #52B8E2 #86CEEB #BBE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#52B8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#52B8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8E2

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8E2	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdeb',
    500: '#52b8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8e2;
$custom-light: #91cdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73917,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8E2

secondary

#E3BCAC

accent

#4B12D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8E2

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

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