#52ACC8#52ACC8

#52ACC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.095 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACC8
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -18.66, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 29.13, 230.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0713 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.095 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6534, 35.4662, 59.9680)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACC8 #C86E52

analogous

#52C8A9 #52ACC8 #5271C8

triadic

#52ACC8 #C852AC #ACC852

tetradic

#52ACC8 #A952C8 #C86E52 #71C852

square

#52ACC8 #A952C8 #C86E52 #71C852

split-complementary

#52ACC8 #C85271 #C8A952

monochromatic

#276579 #358CA8 #52ACC8 #80C2D7 #AFD9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#52ACC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#52ACC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACC8

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACC8	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.095 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4d8',
    500: '#52acc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acc8;
$custom-light: #8dc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70036,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACC8

secondary

#D4AEA2

accent

#6E4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACC8

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

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