#52A5DB#52A5DB

#52A5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5DB
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 219)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -8.99, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 36.02, 255.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0571 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.113 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7161, 33.8156, 71.9651)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5DB #DB8852

analogous

#52DBCD #52A5DB #5261DB

triadic

#52A5DB #DB52A5 #A5DB52

tetradic

#52A5DB #CD52DB #DB8852 #61DB52

square

#52A5DB #CD52DB #DB8852 #61DB52

split-complementary

#52A5DB #DB5261 #DBCD52

monochromatic

#1F6694 #2989C6 #52A5DB #85BFE6 #B7DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#52A5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#52A5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5DB

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5DB	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfe6',
    500: '#52a5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5db;
$custom-light: #8fbfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.65,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6925,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5DB

secondary

#DFBFAA

accent

#823FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5DB

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

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