#52BAE0#52BAE0

#52BAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.110 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAE0
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -18.68, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 33.62, 236.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0771 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.11 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4878, 42.2899, 76.8518)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAE0 #E07852

analogous

#52E0BF #52BAE0 #5273E0

triadic

#52BAE0 #E052BA #BAE052

tetradic

#52BAE0 #BF52E0 #E07852 #73E052

square

#52BAE0 #BF52E0 #E07852 #73E052

split-complementary

#52BAE0 #E05273 #E0BF52

monochromatic

#1C7A9C #25A2D0 #52BAE0 #86CFE9 #BAE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#52BAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#52BAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAE0

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAE0	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.110 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cee9',
    500: '#52bae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bae0;
$custom-light: #91cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74293,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAE0

secondary

#E2BAAC

accent

#6B3BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAE0

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

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