Information about #52BAEA color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #52BAEA is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(82, 186, 234) — 32.2% red, 72.9% green, 91.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 60 / 19 / 0 / 8. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A energetic, saturated steel-blue azure, #52BAEA floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Brilliant Cerulean (#51C2E7). Nearby in the Register you will also find Brilliant Cornflower Blue (#51AFE7) and Picton Blue (#45B1E8).

In RGB terms — rgb(82, 186, 234) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #52BAEA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. #52BAEA has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#52BAEA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#52BAEA color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #52BAEA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#52BAEA
  • RGB82, 186, 234
  • CMYK60, 19, 0, 8
  • CSSrgb(82, 186, 234)
  • HSL199°, 78%, 62%
  • HSL Precise198.947°, 78.351%, 61.961%
  • HSV199°, 65%, 92%
  • HSB199°, 65%, 92%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.322
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.918
  • GLSLvec3(0.322, 0.729, 0.918)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.322, 0.729, 0.918, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.322, 0.729, 0.918)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB91.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID52BAEA
  • DECIMAL ID5421802
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01