#52A2C8#52A2C8

#52A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.096 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A2C8
RGB	rgb(82, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -13.33, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 29.99, 243.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0604 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.096 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8213, 31.8021, 59.3573)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A2C8 #C87852

analogous

#52C8B3 #52A2C8 #5267C8

triadic

#52A2C8 #C852A2 #A2C852

tetradic

#52A2C8 #B352C8 #C87852 #67C852

square

#52A2C8 #B352C8 #C87852 #67C852

split-complementary

#52A2C8 #C85267 #C8B352

monochromatic

#275E79 #3583A8 #52A2C8 #80BBD7 #AFD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#52A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#52A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A2C8

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A2C8	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.096 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdd8',
    500: '#52a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a2c8;
$custom-light: #8dbdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.322,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67697,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A2C8

secondary

#D4B2A2

accent

#7B4DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A2C8

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

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