#52B9E4#52B9E4

#52B9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B9E4
RGB	rgb(82, 185, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -16.92, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 34.74, 240.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0746 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.113 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8267, 42.0896, 79.6724)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B9E4 #E47D52

analogous

#52E4C6 #52B9E4 #5270E4

triadic

#52B9E4 #E452B9 #B9E452

tetradic

#52B9E4 #C652E4 #E47D52 #70E452

square

#52B9E4 #C652E4 #E47D52 #70E452

split-complementary

#52B9E4 #E45270 #E4C652

monochromatic

#197AA2 #22A2D7 #52B9E4 #87CEEC #BCE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#52B9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#52B9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B9E4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B9E4	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 185, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceec',
    500: '#52b9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b9e4;
$custom-light: #91ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B9E4

secondary

#E5BEAD

accent

#4A10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B9E4

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

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