#52C5EA#52C5EA

#52C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C5EA
RGB	rgb(82, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -21.29, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 35.12, 232.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0846 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.115 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2912, 47.6627, 85.0078)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C5EA #EA7752

analogous

#52EAC3 #52C5EA #5279EA

triadic

#52C5EA #EA52C5 #C5EA52

tetradic

#52C5EA #C352EA #EA7752 #79EA52

square

#52C5EA #C352EA #EA7752 #79EA52

split-complementary

#52C5EA #EA5279 #EAC352

monochromatic

#1588AD #1CB3E3 #52C5EA #89D7F1 #BFEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#52C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#52C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C5EA

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C5EA	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6f0',
    500: '#52c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c5ea;
$custom-light: #92d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.605,
    "s": 78.351,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77248,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C5EA

secondary

#E8BEB0

accent

#3D0BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C5EA

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

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