#52BAE2#52BAE2

#52BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.111 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAE2
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -18.06, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 34.10, 238.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0764 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.111 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7606, 42.3990, 78.2887)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAE2 #E27A52

analogous

#52E2C2 #52BAE2 #5272E2

triadic

#52BAE2 #E252BA #BAE252

tetradic

#52BAE2 #C252E2 #E27A52 #72E252

square

#52BAE2 #C252E2 #E27A52 #72E252

split-complementary

#52BAE2 #E25272 #E2C252

monochromatic

#1B7A9F #23A2D3 #52BAE2 #86CFEB #BBE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#52BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#52BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAE2

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAE2	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.111 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceeb',
    500: '#52bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bae2;
$custom-light: #91ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74378,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAE2

secondary

#E3BCAC

accent

#4812D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAE2

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

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