#52A5E1#52A5E1

#52A5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5E1
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 225)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -7.06, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 38.44, 259.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0552 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.12 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5203, 34.1373, 76.2003)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5E1 #E18E52

analogous

#52E1D6 #52A5E1 #525DE1

triadic

#52A5E1 #E152A5 #A5E152

tetradic

#52A5E1 #D652E1 #E18E52 #5DE152

square

#52A5E1 #D652E1 #E18E52 #5DE152

split-complementary

#52A5E1 #E1525D #E1D652

monochromatic

#1B679D #2489D1 #52A5E1 #86C0EA #BADBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#52A5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#52A5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5E1

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5E1	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7798E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfea',
    500: '#52a5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5e1;
$custom-light: #90bfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.175,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69536,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5E1

secondary

#E3C3AC

accent

#6313D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5E1

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

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