#52ABD8#52ABD8

#52ABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ABD8
RGB	rgb(82, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -13.21, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 33.45, 246.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0644 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.107 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4325, 35.8745, 70.2731)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ABD8 #D87F52

analogous

#52D8C2 #52ABD8 #5268D8

triadic

#52ABD8 #D852AB #ABD852

tetradic

#52ABD8 #C252D8 #D87F52 #68D852

square

#52ABD8 #C252D8 #D87F52 #68D852

split-complementary

#52ABD8 #D85268 #D8C252

monochromatic

#206A8F #2C8FC1 #52ABD8 #84C3E3 #B6DBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#52ABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#52ABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ABD8

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ABD8	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52abd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e4',
    500: '#52abd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52abd8;
$custom-light: #8fc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52abd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.149,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70486,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ABD8

secondary

#DDBAA8

accent

#7942E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ABD8

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

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