#52ACD0#52ACD0

#52ACD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACD0
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -16.23, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 30.94, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0683 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.1 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6129, 35.8500, 65.0214)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACD0 #D07652

analogous

#52D0B5 #52ACD0 #526DD0

triadic

#52ACD0 #D052AC #ACD052

tetradic

#52ACD0 #B552D0 #D07652 #6DD052

square

#52ACD0 #B552D0 #D07652 #6DD052

split-complementary

#52ACD0 #D0526D #D0B552

monochromatic

#246884 #318EB4 #52ACD0 #82C3DD #B2DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#52ACD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#52ACD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACD0

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACD0	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4de',
    500: '#52acd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acd0;
$custom-light: #8ec4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70369,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACD0

secondary

#D9B4A5

accent

#7347E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACD0

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

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