#52A0CC#52A0CC

#52A0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.101 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A0CC
RGB	rgb(82, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -10.99, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 31.72, 249.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0568 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.101 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9454, 31.2925, 61.7351)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A0CC #CC7E52

analogous

#52CCBB #52A0CC #5263CC

triadic

#52A0CC #CC52A0 #A0CC52

tetradic

#52A0CC #BB52CC #CC7E52 #63CC52

square

#52A0CC #BB52CC #CC7E52 #63CC52

split-complementary

#52A0CC #CC5263 #CCBB52

monochromatic

#255E7E #3381AE #52A0CC #81BADA #B1D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#52A0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#52A0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A0CC

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A0CC	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.101 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcdb',
    500: '#52a0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a0cc;
$custom-light: #8dbcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.639,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67411,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A0CC

secondary

#D6B6A4

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A0CC

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

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