#52A8CE#52A8CE

#52A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.100 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A8CE
RGB	rgb(82, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -14.71, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 30.88, 241.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0648 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.1 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6186, 34.2525, 63.4838)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A8CE #CE7852

analogous

#52CEB6 #52A8CE #526ACE

triadic

#52A8CE #CE52A8 #A8CE52

tetradic

#52A8CE #B652CE #CE7852 #6ACE52

square

#52A8CE #B652CE #CE7852 #6ACE52

split-complementary

#52A8CE #CE526A #CEB652

monochromatic

#256581 #328AB1 #52A8CE #82C0DC #B1D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#52A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#52A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A8CE

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A8CE	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.100 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc1dd',
    500: '#52a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a8ce;
$custom-light: #8dc1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69353,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A8CE

secondary

#D7B4A4

accent

#7749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A8CE

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

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