#52BCE2#52BCE2

#52BCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCE2
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -19.10, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 33.93, 235.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0784 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.111 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1849, 43.2476, 78.4301)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCE2 #E27852

analogous

#52E2C0 #52BCE2 #5274E2

triadic

#52BCE2 #E252BC #BCE252

tetradic

#52BCE2 #C052E2 #E27852 #74E252

square

#52BCE2 #C052E2 #E27852 #74E252

split-complementary

#52BCE2 #E25274 #E2C052

monochromatic

#1B7C9F #23A5D3 #52BCE2 #86D0EB #BBE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#52BCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#52BCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCE2

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCE2	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0eb',
    500: '#52bce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bce2;
$custom-light: #91d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74839,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCE2

secondary

#E3BBAC

accent

#4512D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCE2

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

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