#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
RGB	rgb(82, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -10.23, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 36.03, 253.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0603 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.114 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8474, 35.4406, 74.3081)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##52A9DE	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A9DE

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

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