#52C4E8#52C4E8

#52C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C4E8
RGB	rgb(82, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -21.39, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 34.76, 232.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0843 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.114 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7792, 47.0958, 83.4277)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C4E8 #E87652

analogous

#52E8C1 #52C4E8 #5279E8

triadic

#52C4E8 #E852C4 #C4E852

tetradic

#52C4E8 #C152E8 #E87652 #79E852

square

#52C4E8 #C152E8 #E87652 #79E852

split-complementary

#52C4E8 #E85279 #E8C152

monochromatic

#1686A9 #1EB1DF #52C4E8 #88D6EF #BEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#52C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#52C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C4E8

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C4E8	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6ef',
    500: '#52c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c4e8;
$custom-light: #92d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76935,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C4E8

secondary

#E7BCAF

accent

#3E0DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C4E8

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

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