#52C5E4#52C5E4

#52C5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C5E4
RGB	rgb(82, 197, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -23.10, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 34.06, 227.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0869 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.111 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4438, 47.3238, 80.5448)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C5E4 #E47152

analogous

#52E4BA #52C5E4 #527CE4

triadic

#52C5E4 #E452C5 #C5E452

tetradic

#52C5E4 #BA52E4 #E47152 #7CE452

square

#52C5E4 #BA52E4 #E47152 #7CE452

split-complementary

#52C5E4 #E4527C #E4BA52

monochromatic

#1985A2 #22B1D7 #52C5E4 #87D7EC #BCE8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#52C5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#52C5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C5E4

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C5E4	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 197, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6ec',
    500: '#52c5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c5e4;
$custom-light: #92d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.74,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77004,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C5E4

secondary

#E5B9AD

accent

#3A10D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C5E4

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

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