#52BAE1#52BAE1

#52BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.110 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAE1
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -18.37, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 33.85, 237.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0767 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.11 226)
XYZ	xyz(34.6238, 42.3443, 77.5681)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAE1 #E17952

analogous

#52E1C1 #52BAE1 #5272E1

triadic

#52BAE1 #E152BA #BAE152

tetradic

#52BAE1 #C152E1 #E17952 #72E152

square

#52BAE1 #C152E1 #E17952 #72E152

split-complementary

#52BAE1 #E15272 #E1C152

monochromatic

#1B7A9D #24A2D1 #52BAE1 #86CFEA #BAE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#52BAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#52BAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAE1

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAE1	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.110 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceea',
    500: '#52bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bae1;
$custom-light: #91ceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.42348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAE1

secondary

#E3BBAC

accent

#4713D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAE1

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

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