#52A5CE#52A5CE

#52A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.101 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5CE
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -13.10, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 31.36, 245.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0615 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.101 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0711, 33.1576, 63.3013)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5CE #CE7B52

analogous

#52CEB9 #52A5CE #5267CE

triadic

#52A5CE #CE52A5 #A5CE52

tetradic

#52A5CE #B952CE #CE7B52 #67CE52

square

#52A5CE #B952CE #CE7B52 #67CE52

split-complementary

#52A5CE #CE5267 #CEB952

monochromatic

#256281 #3287B1 #52A5CE #82BEDC #B1D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#52A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#52A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5CE

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5CE	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.101 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfdd',
    500: '#52a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5ce;
$custom-light: #8dbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.839,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68657,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5CE

secondary

#D7B5A4

accent

#7A49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5CE

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

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