#52ACC4#52ACC4

#52ACC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.092 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACC4
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 196)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -19.86, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 28.45, 225.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0729 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.092 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1920, 35.2817, 57.5382)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACC4 #C46A52

analogous

#52C4A3 #52ACC4 #5273C4

triadic

#52ACC4 #C452AC #ACC452

tetradic

#52ACC4 #A352C4 #C46A52 #73C452

square

#52ACC4 #A352C4 #C46A52 #73C452

split-complementary

#52ACC4 #C45273 #C4A352

monochromatic

#286474 #378BA2 #52ACC4 #80C2D4 #ADD8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#52ACC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#52ACC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACC4

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACC4	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.092 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5d6',
    500: '#52acc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acc4;
$custom-light: #8dc5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69874,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACC4

secondary

#D1ABA1

accent

#6C4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACC4

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

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