#52AACE#52AACE

#52AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.099 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AACE
RGB	rgb(82, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -15.78, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 30.63, 238.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0669 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.099 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9906, 34.9967, 63.6078)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AACE #CE7652

analogous

#52CEB4 #52AACE #526CCE

triadic

#52AACE #CE52AA #AACE52

tetradic

#52AACE #B452CE #CE7652 #6CCE52

square

#52AACE #B452CE #CE7652 #6CCE52

split-complementary

#52AACE #CE526C #CEB452

monochromatic

#256681 #328CB1 #52AACE #82C1DC #B1D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#52AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#52AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AACE

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AACE	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.099 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec3dd',
    500: '#52aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aace;
$custom-light: #8ec3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69818,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AACE

secondary

#D7B3A4

accent

#7449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AACE

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

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