#52A4CD#52A4CD

#52A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.100 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A4CD
RGB	rgb(82, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -12.86, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 31.22, 245.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0608 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.1 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7704, 32.7498, 62.6036)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A4CD #CD7B52

analogous

#52CDB9 #52A4CD #5267CD

triadic

#52A4CD #CD52A4 #A4CD52

tetradic

#52A4CD #B952CD #CD7B52 #67CD52

square

#52A4CD #B952CD #CD7B52 #67CD52

split-complementary

#52A4CD #CD5267 #CDB952

monochromatic

#256180 #3386AF #52A4CD #81BDDB #B1D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#52A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#52A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A4CD

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A4CD	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.100 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfdc',
    500: '#52a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a4cd;
$custom-light: #8dbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68381,
    "c": 0.10008,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A4CD

secondary

#D7B5A4

accent

#7B49DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A4CD

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

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