#52A5C8#52A5C8

#52A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.095 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5C8
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -14.95, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 29.57, 239.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0637 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.095 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3561, 32.8716, 59.5356)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5C8 #C87552

analogous

#52C8B0 #52A5C8 #526AC8

triadic

#52A5C8 #C852A5 #A5C852

tetradic

#52A5C8 #B052C8 #C87552 #6AC852

square

#52A5C8 #B052C8 #C87552 #6AC852

split-complementary

#52A5C8 #C8526A #C8B052

monochromatic

#276179 #3586A8 #52A5C8 #80BDD7 #AFD5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#52A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#52A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5C8

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5C8	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.095 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfd8',
    500: '#52a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5c8;
$custom-light: #8dbfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68396,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5C8

secondary

#D4B1A2

accent

#774DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5C8

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

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