#52A3DD#52A3DD

#52A3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.117 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A3DD
RGB	rgb(82, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -7.24, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 37.45, 258.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0544 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.117 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6231, 33.2057, 73.2408)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A3DD #DD8C52

analogous

#52DDD2 #52A3DD #525EDD

triadic

#52A3DD #DD52A3 #A3DD52

tetradic

#52A3DD #D252DD #DD8C52 #5EDD52

square

#52A3DD #D252DD #DD8C52 #5EDD52

split-complementary

#52A3DD #DD525E #DDD252

monochromatic

#1E6497 #2886CA #52A3DD #85BEE7 #B8D9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#52A3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#52A3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A3DD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A3DD	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.117 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee7',
    500: '#52a3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a3dd;
$custom-light: #8fbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.036,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68891,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A3DD

secondary

#E0C1AA

accent

#863EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A3DD

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

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