#52ACD2#52ACD2

#52ACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACD2
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -15.62, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 31.48, 240.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0676 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.102 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8605, 35.9491, 66.3255)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACD2 #D27852

analogous

#52D2B8 #52ACD2 #526CD2

triadic

#52ACD2 #D252AC #ACD252

tetradic

#52ACD2 #B852D2 #D27852 #6CD252

square

#52ACD2 #B852D2 #D27852 #6CD252

split-complementary

#52ACD2 #D2526C #D2B852

monochromatic

#236987 #308FB7 #52ACD2 #83C3DF #B3DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#52ACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#52ACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACD2

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACD2	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4e0',
    500: '#52acd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acd2;
$custom-light: #8ec4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.813,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70455,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACD2

secondary

#DAB5A6

accent

#7446E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACD2

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

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