#52A9DF#52A9DF

#52A9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.115 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A9DF
RGB	rgb(82, 169, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -9.91, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 36.41, 254.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0599 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.115 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9818, 35.4944, 75.0161)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A9DF #DF8852

analogous

#52DFCF #52A9DF #5263DF

triadic

#52A9DF #DF52A9 #A9DF52

tetradic

#52A9DF #CF52DF #DF8852 #63DF52

square

#52A9DF #CF52DF #DF8852 #63DF52

split-complementary

#52A9DF #DF5263 #DFCF52

monochromatic

#1D6A9A #268ECE #52A9DF #86C3E9 #B9DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#52A9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#52A9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A9DF

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A9DF	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 169, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.115 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2e9',
    500: '#52a9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a9df;
$custom-light: #90c2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70348,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A9DF

secondary

#E2C0AB

accent

#7F3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A9DF

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

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