#52A3CD#52A3CD

#52A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.100 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A3CD
RGB	rgb(82, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -12.32, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 31.41, 246.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0597 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.1 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5921, 32.3933, 62.5442)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A3CD #CD7C52

analogous

#52CDBA #52A3CD #5266CD

triadic

#52A3CD #CD52A3 #A3CD52

tetradic

#52A3CD #BA52CD #CD7C52 #66CD52

square

#52A3CD #BA52CD #CD7C52 #66CD52

split-complementary

#52A3CD #CD5266 #CDBA52

monochromatic

#256180 #3385AF #52A3CD #81BCDB #B1D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#52A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#52A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A3CD

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A3CD	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.100 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbedc',
    500: '#52a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a3cd;
$custom-light: #8dbedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.488,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6815,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A3CD

secondary

#D7B5A4

accent

#7C49DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A3CD

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

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