#52A5DC#52A5DC

#52A5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5DC
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -8.67, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 36.41, 256.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0568 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.114 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8482, 33.8684, 72.6605)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5DC #DC8952

analogous

#52DCCE #52A5DC #5260DC

triadic

#52A5DC #DC52A5 #A5DC52

tetradic

#52A5DC #CE52DC #DC8952 #60DC52

square

#52A5DC #CE52DC #DC8952 #60DC52

split-complementary

#52A5DC #DC5260 #DCCE52

monochromatic

#1E6695 #2989C8 #52A5DC #85BFE6 #B8DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#52A5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#52A5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5DC

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5DC	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfe7',
    500: '#52a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5dc;
$custom-light: #8fbfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.913,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69297,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5DC

secondary

#E0BFAA

accent

#833FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5DC

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

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