#52BAE6#52BAE6

#52BAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAE6
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -16.82, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 35.15, 241.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0749 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.114 229)
XYZ	xyz(35.3159, 42.6211, 81.2131)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAE6 #E67E52

analogous

#52E6C8 #52BAE6 #5270E6

triadic

#52BAE6 #E652BA #BAE652

tetradic

#52BAE6 #C852E6 #E67E52 #70E652

square

#52BAE6 #C852E6 #E67E52 #70E652

split-complementary

#52BAE6 #E65270 #E6C852

monochromatic

#187CA6 #20A3DB #52BAE6 #87CFEE #BDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#52BAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#52BAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAE6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAE6	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceee',
    500: '#52bae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bae6;
$custom-light: #91ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74549,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.42625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAE6

secondary

#E6BFAE

accent

#4A0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAE6

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

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