#52A9CC#52A9CC

#52A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.098 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A9CC
RGB	rgb(82, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -15.86, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 30.21, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0666 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.098 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5625, 34.5266, 62.2741)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A9CC #CC7552

analogous

#52CCB2 #52A9CC #526CCC

triadic

#52A9CC #CC52A9 #A9CC52

tetradic

#52A9CC #B252CC #CC7552 #6CCC52

square

#52A9CC #B252CC #CC7552 #6CCC52

split-complementary

#52A9CC #CC526C #CCB252

monochromatic

#25657E #338AAE #52A9CC #81C0DA #B1D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#52A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#52A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A9CC

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A9CC	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.098 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2db',
    500: '#52a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a9cc;
$custom-light: #8dc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.695,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A9CC

secondary

#D6B2A4

accent

#744ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A9CC

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

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