#52A0CD#52A0CD

#52A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.102 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A0CD
RGB	rgb(82, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -10.68, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 32.08, 250.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0565 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.102 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0657, 31.3406, 62.3688)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A0CD #CD7F52

analogous

#52CDBD #52A0CD #5263CD

triadic

#52A0CD #CD52A0 #A0CD52

tetradic

#52A0CD #BD52CD #CD7F52 #63CD52

square

#52A0CD #BD52CD #CD7F52 #63CD52

split-complementary

#52A0CD #CD5263 #CDBD52

monochromatic

#255E80 #3382AF #52A0CD #81BADB #B1D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#52A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#52A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A0CD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A0CD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.102 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcdc',
    500: '#52a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a0cd;
$custom-light: #8dbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.951,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67456,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A0CD

secondary

#D7B7A4

accent

#8049DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A0CD

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

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