#52A6DE#52A6DE

#52A6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A6DE
RGB	rgb(82, 166, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -8.58, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 36.90, 256.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0571 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.116 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2957, 34.3372, 74.1242)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A6DE #DE8A52

analogous

#52DED0 #52A6DE #5260DE

triadic

#52A6DE #DE52A6 #A6DE52

tetradic

#52A6DE #D052DE #DE8A52 #60DE52

square

#52A6DE #D052DE #DE8A52 #60DE52

split-complementary

#52A6DE #DE5260 #DED052

monochromatic

#1D6799 #278ACC #52A6DE #85C0E8 #B9DBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#52A6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#52A6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A6DE

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A6DE	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7998DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 166, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc0e8',
    500: '#52a6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a6de;
$custom-light: #8fc0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69619,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A6DE

secondary

#E1C0AB

accent

#833DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A6DE

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

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