#52AADD#52AADD

#52AADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.113 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AADD
RGB	rgb(82, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -11.09, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 35.40, 251.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0616 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.113 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9005, 35.7606, 73.6666)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AADD #DD8552

analogous

#52DDCA #52AADD #5265DD

triadic

#52AADD #DD52AA #AADD52

tetradic

#52AADD #CA52DD #DD8552 #65DD52

square

#52AADD #CA52DD #DD8552 #65DD52

split-complementary

#52AADD #DD5265 #DDCA52

monochromatic

#1E6A97 #288FCA #52AADD #85C3E7 #B8DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#52AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#52AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AADD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AADD	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.113 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc3e7',
    500: '#52aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aadd;
$custom-light: #8fc3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.014,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70483,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AADD

secondary

#E0BEAA

accent

#7D3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AADD

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

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