#52A9D8#52A9D8

#52A9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A9D8
RGB	rgb(82, 169, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 21.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -12.13, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 33.87, 249.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0623 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.108 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0575, 35.1246, 70.1481)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A9D8 #D88152

analogous

#52D8C4 #52A9D8 #5266D8

triadic

#52A9D8 #D852A9 #A9D852

tetradic

#52A9D8 #C452D8 #D88152 #66D852

square

#52A9D8 #C452D8 #D88152 #66D852

split-complementary

#52A9D8 #D85266 #D8C452

monochromatic

#20688F #2C8DC1 #52A9D8 #84C2E3 #B6DBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#52A9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#52A9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A9D8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A9D8	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 169, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2e4',
    500: '#52a9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a9d8;
$custom-light: #8fc2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.045,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70027,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A9D8

secondary

#DDBBA8

accent

#7B42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A9D8

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

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