#52A9DE#52A9DE

#52A9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#52A9DE
RGBrgb(82, 169, 222)
HSLhsl(203, 68%, 60%)
HSVhsv(203, 63%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.09, -10.23, -34.55)
CIE-LCHlch(66.09, 36.03, 253.51°)
OKLaboklab(70.3% -0.0603 -0.097)
OKLCHoklch(70.3% 0.114 238.1)
XYZxyz(30.8474, 35.4406, 74.3081)
Luminance0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#52A9DE #DE8752
analogous
#52DECD #52A9DE #5263DE
triadic
#52A9DE #DE52A9 #A9DE52
tetradic
#52A9DE #CD52DE #DE8752 #63DE52
square
#52A9DE #CD52DE #DE8752 #63DE52
split-complementary
#52A9DE #DE5263 #DECD52
monochromatic
#1D6A99 #278DCC #52A9DE #85C3E8 #B9DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#52A9DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09
#52A9DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A9DE
8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##52A9DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##52A9DE1.002.608.098.09
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0921.001.001.00
##0000008.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#90A8E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D9ADD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #52a9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 238.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2e8',
    500: '#52a9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #52a9de;
$custom-light: #8fc2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#52a9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.714,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70302,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#52A9DE
secondary
#E1BFAB
accent
#7F3DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FC
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

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#52A9DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva