#5252C8#5252C8

#5252C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.179 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5252C8
RGB	rgb(82, 82, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(240, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 59%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 34.66, -61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 70.73, 299.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% 0.0246 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.179 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9190, 11.9973, 56.0565)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5252C8 #C8C852

analogous

#528DC8 #5252C8 #8D52C8

triadic

#5252C8 #C85252 #52C852

tetradic

#5252C8 #C8528D #C8C852 #52C88D

square

#5252C8 #C8528D #C8C852 #52C88D

split-complementary

#5252C8 #C88D52 #8DC852

monochromatic

#272779 #3535A8 #5252C8 #8080D7 #AFAFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#5252C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#5252C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5252C8

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5252C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5252C8	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5252c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 82, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.179 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e83da',
    500: '#5252c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5252c8;
$custom-light: #8e83da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5252c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50724,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5252C8

secondary

#D4D4A2

accent

#DB4DDB

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5252C8

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

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