#52A5DE#52A5DE

#52A5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5DE
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -8.03, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 37.21, 257.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0561 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.117 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1146, 33.9750, 74.0639)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5DE #DE8B52

analogous

#52DED1 #52A5DE #525FDE

triadic

#52A5DE #DE52A5 #A5DE52

tetradic

#52A5DE #D152DE #DE8B52 #5FDE52

square

#52A5DE #D152DE #DE8B52 #5FDE52

split-complementary

#52A5DE #DE525F #DED152

monochromatic

#1D6699 #2789CC #52A5DE #85C0E8 #B9DAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#52A5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#52A5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5DE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5DE	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfe8',
    500: '#52a5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5de;
$custom-light: #8fbfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.429,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69392,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5DE

secondary

#E1C1AB

accent

#843DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5DE

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

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