#52A8CC#52A8CC

#52A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A8CC
RGB	rgb(82, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -15.33, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 30.32, 239.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0655 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.098 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3772, 34.1560, 62.2123)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A8CC #CC7652

analogous

#52CCB3 #52A8CC #526BCC

triadic

#52A8CC #CC52A8 #A8CC52

tetradic

#52A8CC #B352CC #CC7652 #6BCC52

square

#52A8CC #B352CC #CC7652 #6BCC52

split-complementary

#52A8CC #CC526B #CCB352

monochromatic

#25647E #3389AE #52A8CC #81C0DA #B1D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#52A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#52A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A8CC

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A8CC	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)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2db',
    500: '#52a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a8cc;
$custom-light: #8dc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69267,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A8CC

secondary

#D6B3A4

accent

#764ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A8CC

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

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