#52A5CD#52A5CD

#52A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.100 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5CD
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -13.41, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 31.04, 244.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0619 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.1 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9500, 33.1092, 62.6635)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5CD #CD7A52

analogous

#52CDB8 #52A5CD #5268CD

triadic

#52A5CD #CD52A5 #A5CD52

tetradic

#52A5CD #B852CD #CD7A52 #68CD52

square

#52A5CD #B852CD #CD7A52 #68CD52

split-complementary

#52A5CD #CD5268 #CDB852

monochromatic

#256280 #3387AF #52A5CD #81BEDB #B1D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#52A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#52A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5CD

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5CD	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.100 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfdc',
    500: '#52a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5cd;
$custom-light: #8dbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.512,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68613,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5CD

secondary

#D7B5A4

accent

#7A49DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5CD

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

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