#52A5DD#52A5DD

#52A5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.115 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5DD
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -8.35, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 36.81, 256.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0564 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.115 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9810, 33.9216, 73.3601)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5DD #DD8A52

analogous

#52DDD0 #52A5DD #525FDD

triadic

#52A5DD #DD52A5 #A5DD52

tetradic

#52A5DD #D052DD #DD8A52 #5FDD52

square

#52A5DD #D052DD #DD8A52 #5FDD52

split-complementary

#52A5DD #DD525F #DDD052

monochromatic

#1E6697 #2889CA #52A5DD #85C0E7 #B8DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#52A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#52A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5DD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5DD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.115 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfe7',
    500: '#52a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5dd;
$custom-light: #8fbfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.173,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69345,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5DD

secondary

#E0C0AA

accent

#833EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5DD

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

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