#52b4e9

Color #52b4e9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 9.49 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#52b4e9

RGB

rgb(82, 180, 233)

HSL

hsl(201.1, 77.4%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.1, 64.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(69.69, -12.69, -34.98)

LCH

lch(69.69, 37.21, 250.06)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.1193, 235.38)

HWB

hwb(201.1, 32.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e98752

Analogous

#52e9d3

#52b4e9

#5269e9

Triadic

#52b4e9

#e952b4

#b4e952

Split-complementary

#52b4e9

#e95269

#e9d352

Tetradic

#52b4e9

#8752e9

#e98752

#b4e952

Square

#52b4e9

#d352e9

#e98752

#69e952

Shades

Color #52b4e9 mixed toward black.

#24a0e3

#1881ba

#12618c

#0c415d

#06202f

Tints

Color #52b4e9 mixed toward white.

#6fc0ed

#8ccdf0

#a9d9f4

#c5e6f8

#e2f2fb

Tones

Color #52b4e9 mixed toward gray.

#5fb0dc

#6badd0

#78a9c3

#84a5b7

#91a1aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8889de · ΔE 21.4

Deuteranopia

#827adb · ΔE 24.6

Tritanopia

#5ad4d2 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #52b4e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52b4e9]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Blue #add8e6

Frequently asked questions

#52b4e9 (#52b4e9) is rgb(82, 180, 233) in RGB.

No, #52b4e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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