#52C9E4#52C9E4

#52C9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.112 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C9E4
RGB	rgb(82, 201, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -25.11, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 34.23, 222.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0909 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.112 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3641, 49.1644, 80.8516)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C9E4 #E46D52

analogous

#52E4B6 #52C9E4 #5280E4

triadic

#52C9E4 #E452C9 #C9E452

tetradic

#52C9E4 #B652E4 #E46D52 #80E452

square

#52C9E4 #B652E4 #E46D52 #80E452

split-complementary

#52C9E4 #E45280 #E4B652

monochromatic

#1989A2 #22B6D7 #52C9E4 #87DAEC #BCEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#52C9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#52C9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C9E4

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C9E4	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 201, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.112 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9ec',
    500: '#52c9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c9e4;
$custom-light: #92d9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.096,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77933,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C9E4

secondary

#E5B7AD

accent

#3510D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C9E4

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

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