#52A8DD#52A8DD

#52A8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A8DD
RGB	rgb(82, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -10.00, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 35.93, 253.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0595 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.114 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5285, 35.0165, 73.5426)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A8DD #DD8752

analogous

#52DDCD #52A8DD #5263DD

triadic

#52A8DD #DD52A8 #A8DD52

tetradic

#52A8DD #CD52DD #DD8752 #63DD52

square

#52A8DD #CD52DD #DD8752 #63DD52

split-complementary

#52A8DD #DD5263 #DDCD52

monochromatic

#1E6997 #288CCA #52A8DD #85C2E7 #B8DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#52A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#52A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A8DD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A8DD	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1e7',
    500: '#52a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a8dd;
$custom-light: #8fc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.878,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70027,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A8DD

secondary

#E0BFAA

accent

#7F3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A8DD

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

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