#52abfa

Color #52abfa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#52abfa

RGB

rgb(82, 171, 250)

HSL

hsl(208.2, 94.4%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.2, 67.2%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(67.89, -2.2, -47.06)

LCH

lch(67.89, 47.11, 267.32)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.1436, 248.04)

HWB

hwb(208.2, 32.2%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#faa152

Analogous

#52faf5

#52abfa

#5257fa

Triadic

#52abfa

#fa52ab

#abfa52

Split-complementary

#52abfa

#fa5257

#faf552

Tetradic

#52abfa

#a152fa

#faa152

#abfa52

Square

#52abfa

#f552fa

#faa152

#57fa52

Shades

Color #52abfa mixed toward black.

#1c91f8

#0675d7

#0558a1

#033a6c

#021d36

Tints

Color #52abfa mixed toward white.

#6fb9fb

#8cc7fc

#a8d5fd

#c5e3fd

#e2f1fe

Tones

Color #52abfa mixed toward gray.

#60aaec

#6ea9de

#7ca9d0

#8aa8c2

#98a7b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283ea · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#7d76e6 · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#59dcd9 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #52abfa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52abfa]

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Frequently asked questions

#52abfa (#52abfa) is rgb(82, 171, 250) in RGB.

No, #52abfa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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