#52A9DB#52A9DB

#52A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A9DB
RGB	rgb(82, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -11.18, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 34.93, 251.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0613 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.111 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4489, 35.2812, 72.2094)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A9DB #DB8452

analogous

#52DBC9 #52A9DB #5265DB

triadic

#52A9DB #DB52A9 #A9DB52

tetradic

#52A9DB #C952DB #DB8452 #65DB52

square

#52A9DB #C952DB #DB8452 #65DB52

split-complementary

#52A9DB #DB5265 #DBC952

monochromatic

#1F6994 #298DC6 #52A9DB #85C2E6 #B7DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#52A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#52A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A9DB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A9DB	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2e6',
    500: '#52a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a9db;
$custom-light: #8fc2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.898,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A9DB

secondary

#DFBDAA

accent

#7D3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A9DB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →