#52A8CD#52A8CD

#52A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.099 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A8CD
RGB	rgb(82, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -15.02, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 30.59, 240.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0651 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.099 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4975, 34.2041, 62.8460)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A8CD #CD7752

analogous

#52CDB5 #52A8CD #526BCD

triadic

#52A8CD #CD52A8 #A8CD52

tetradic

#52A8CD #B552CD #CD7752 #6BCD52

square

#52A8CD #B552CD #CD7752 #6BCD52

split-complementary

#52A8CD #CD526B #CDB552

monochromatic

#256480 #338AAF #52A8CD #81C0DB #B1D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#52A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#52A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A8CD

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A8CD	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.099 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc1dc',
    500: '#52a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a8cd;
$custom-light: #8dc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.049,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6931,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A8CD

secondary

#D7B3A4

accent

#7649DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A8CD

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

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