#52BAE8#52BAE8

#52BAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAE8
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -16.20, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 35.72, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0742 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.116 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5983, 42.7341, 82.7007)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAE8 #E88052

analogous

#52E8CB #52BAE8 #526FE8

triadic

#52BAE8 #E852BA #BAE852

tetradic

#52BAE8 #CB52E8 #E88052 #6FE852

square

#52BAE8 #CB52E8 #E88052 #6FE852

split-complementary

#52BAE8 #E8526F #E8CB52

monochromatic

#167CA9 #1EA4DF #52BAE8 #88D0EF #BEE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#52BAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#52BAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAE8

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAE8	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceef',
    500: '#52bae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bae8;
$custom-light: #91ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74636,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAE8

secondary

#E7C0AF

accent

#4B0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAE8

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

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