#52A1CD#52A1CD

#52A1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.101 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A1CD
RGB	rgb(82, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -11.23, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 31.84, 249.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0576 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.101 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2398, 31.6887, 62.4268)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A1CD #CD7E52

analogous

#52CDBB #52A1CD #5264CD

triadic

#52A1CD #CD52A1 #A1CD52

tetradic

#52A1CD #BB52CD #CD7E52 #64CD52

square

#52A1CD #BB52CD #CD7E52 #64CD52

split-complementary

#52A1CD #CD5264 #CDBB52

monochromatic

#255F80 #3383AF #52A1CD #81BBDB #B1D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#52A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#52A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A1CD

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A1CD	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.101 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcdc',
    500: '#52a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a1cd;
$custom-light: #8dbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.463,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67687,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A1CD

secondary

#D7B6A4

accent

#7F49DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A1CD

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

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