#52A5CC#52A5CC

#52A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.099 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5CC
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -13.72, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 30.73, 243.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0622 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.099 231)
XYZ	xyz(27.8297, 33.0610, 62.0298)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5CC #CC7952

analogous

#52CCB6 #52A5CC #5268CC

triadic

#52A5CC #CC52A5 #A5CC52

tetradic

#52A5CC #B652CC #CC7952 #68CC52

square

#52A5CC #B652CC #CC7952 #68CC52

split-complementary

#52A5CC #CC5268 #CCB652

monochromatic

#25627E #3386AE #52A5CC #81BEDA #B1D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#52A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#52A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5CC

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5CC	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.099 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfdb',
    500: '#52a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5cc;
$custom-light: #8dbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.18,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68569,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.33064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5CC

secondary

#D6B4A4

accent

#794ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5CC

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

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