#52B8E4#52B8E4

#52B8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8E4
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -16.39, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 34.88, 241.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0736 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.113 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6182, 41.6726, 79.6029)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8E4 #E47E52

analogous

#52E4C7 #52B8E4 #526FE4

triadic

#52B8E4 #E452B8 #B8E452

tetradic

#52B8E4 #C752E4 #E47E52 #6FE452

square

#52B8E4 #C752E4 #E47E52 #6FE452

split-complementary

#52B8E4 #E4526F #E4C752

monochromatic

#1979A2 #22A0D7 #52B8E4 #87CEEC #BCE3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#52B8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#52B8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8E4

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8E4	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdec',
    500: '#52b8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8e4;
$custom-light: #91cdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74003,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8E4

secondary

#E5BEAD

accent

#4C10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8E4

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

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