#52A8D8#52A8D8

#52A8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A8D8
RGB	rgb(82, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -11.59, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 34.10, 250.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0612 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.109 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8722, 34.7540, 70.0863)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A8D8 #D88252

analogous

#52D8C5 #52A8D8 #5265D8

triadic

#52A8D8 #D852A8 #A8D852

tetradic

#52A8D8 #C552D8 #D88252 #65D852

square

#52A8D8 #C552D8 #D88252 #65D852

split-complementary

#52A8D8 #D85265 #D8C552

monochromatic

#20688F #2C8CC1 #52A8D8 #84C1E3 #B6DAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#52A8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#52A8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A8D8

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A8D8	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1e4',
    500: '#52a8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a8d8;
$custom-light: #8fc1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69797,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A8D8

secondary

#DDBBA8

accent

#7D42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A8D8

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

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