#52BCE4#52BCE4

#52BCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCE4
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -18.49, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 34.40, 237.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0777 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.112 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4609, 43.3580, 79.8838)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCE4 #E47A52

analogous

#52E4C3 #52BCE4 #5273E4

triadic

#52BCE4 #E452BC #BCE452

tetradic

#52BCE4 #C352E4 #E47A52 #73E452

square

#52BCE4 #C352E4 #E47A52 #73E452

split-complementary

#52BCE4 #E45273 #E4C352

monochromatic

#197DA2 #22A5D7 #52BCE4 #87D1EC #BCE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#52BCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#52BCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCE4

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCE4	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0ec',
    500: '#52bce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bce4;
$custom-light: #91d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74924,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCE4

secondary

#E5BCAD

accent

#4610D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCE4

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

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