#52ABDD#52ABDD

#52ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ABDD
RGB	rgb(82, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -11.64, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 35.15, 250.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0627 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.112 236)
XYZ	xyz(31.0887, 36.1370, 73.7293)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ABDD #DD8452

analogous

#52DDCA #52ABDD #5266DD

triadic

#52ABDD #DD52AB #ABDD52

tetradic

#52ABDD #CA52DD #DD8452 #66DD52

square

#52ABDD #CA52DD #DD8452 #66DD52

split-complementary

#52ABDD #DD5266 #DDCA52

monochromatic

#1E6B97 #2890CA #52ABDD #85C4E7 #B8DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#52ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#52ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ABDD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ABDD	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e7',
    500: '#52abdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52abdd;
$custom-light: #8fc4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.583,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70712,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.3614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ABDD

secondary

#E0BEAA

accent

#7C3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ABDD

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

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