#52BAE4#52BAE4

#52BAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.113 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAE4
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -17.44, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 34.61, 239.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0757 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.113 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0366, 42.5094, 79.7424)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAE4 #E47C52

analogous

#52E4C5 #52BAE4 #5271E4

triadic

#52BAE4 #E452BA #BAE452

tetradic

#52BAE4 #C552E4 #E47C52 #71E452

square

#52BAE4 #C552E4 #E47C52 #71E452

split-complementary

#52BAE4 #E45271 #E4C552

monochromatic

#197BA2 #22A3D7 #52BAE4 #87CFEC #BCE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#52BAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAE4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAE4	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.113 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceec',
    500: '#52bae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bae4;
$custom-light: #91ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74463,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAE4

secondary

#E5BDAD

accent

#4910D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAE4

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

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