#52A5D8#52A5D8

#52A5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.110 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5D8
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -9.95, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 34.86, 253.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0581 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.11 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3248, 33.6591, 69.9039)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5D8 #D88552

analogous

#52D8C8 #52A5D8 #5262D8

triadic

#52A5D8 #D852A5 #A5D852

tetradic

#52A5D8 #C852D8 #D88552 #62D852

square

#52A5D8 #C852D8 #D88552 #62D852

split-complementary

#52A5D8 #D85262 #D8C852

monochromatic

#20658F #2C88C1 #52A5D8 #84BFE3 #B6D9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#52A5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#52A5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5D8

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5D8	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.110 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfe4',
    500: '#52a5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5d8;
$custom-light: #8fbfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.836,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6911,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5D8

secondary

#DDBDA8

accent

#8042E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5D8

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

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