#52A3CE#52A3CE

#52A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A3CE
RGB	rgb(82, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -12.01, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 31.75, 247.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0594 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.101 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7132, 32.4418, 63.1820)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A3CE #CE7D52

analogous

#52CEBB #52A3CE #5265CE

triadic

#52A3CE #CE52A3 #A3CE52

tetradic

#52A3CE #BB52CE #CE7D52 #65CE52

square

#52A3CE #BB52CE #CE7D52 #65CE52

split-complementary

#52A3CE #CE5265 #CEBB52

monochromatic

#256181 #3285B1 #52A3CE #82BCDC #B1D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#52A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#52A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A3CE

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A3CE	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbedd',
    500: '#52a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a3ce;
$custom-light: #8dbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.806,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68194,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A3CE

secondary

#D7B6A4

accent

#7D49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A3CE

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

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