#52AAD8#52AAD8

#52AAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AAD8
RGB	rgb(82, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -12.67, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 33.65, 247.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0633 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.108 234)
XYZ	xyz(30.2443, 35.4981, 70.2104)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AAD8 #D88052

analogous

#52D8C3 #52AAD8 #5267D8

triadic

#52AAD8 #D852AA #AAD852

tetradic

#52AAD8 #C352D8 #D88052 #67D852

square

#52AAD8 #C352D8 #D88052 #67D852

split-complementary

#52AAD8 #D85267 #D8C352

monochromatic

#20698F #2C8EC1 #52AAD8 #84C3E3 #B6DBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#52AAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#52AAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AAD8

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AAD8	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)

#94A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc3e4',
    500: '#52aad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aad8;
$custom-light: #8fc3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.597,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70256,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.35501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AAD8

secondary

#DDBBA8

accent

#7A42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AAD8

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

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