#52BAE9#52BAE9

#52BAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAE9
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -15.89, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 36.01, 243.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0739 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.117 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7408, 42.7911, 83.4509)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAE9 #E98152

analogous

#52E9CC #52BAE9 #526FE9

triadic

#52BAE9 #E952BA #BAE952

tetradic

#52BAE9 #CC52E9 #E98152 #6FE952

square

#52BAE9 #CC52E9 #E98152 #6FE952

split-complementary

#52BAE9 #E9526F #E9CC52

monochromatic

#167CAB #1DA4E1 #52BAE9 #88D0F0 #BFE5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#52BAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#52BAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAE9

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAE9	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cef0',
    500: '#52bae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bae9;
$custom-light: #92cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.675,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7468,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAE9

secondary

#E7C1AF

accent

#4C0CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAE9

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

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