#52A3CB#52A3CB

#52A3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.099 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A3CB
RGB	rgb(82, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -12.94, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 30.76, 245.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0604 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.099 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3522, 32.2974, 61.2809)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A3CB #CB7A52

analogous

#52CBB7 #52A3CB #5266CB

triadic

#52A3CB #CB52A3 #A3CB52

tetradic

#52A3CB #B752CB #CB7A52 #66CB52

square

#52A3CB #B752CB #CB7A52 #66CB52

split-complementary

#52A3CB #CB5266 #CBB752

monochromatic

#26607D #3484AC #52A3CB #81BCD9 #B0D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#52A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#52A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A3CB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A3CB	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.099 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbedb',
    500: '#52a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a3cb;
$custom-light: #8dbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68061,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A3CB

secondary

#D5B4A3

accent

#7B4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A3CB

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

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