#52ACD3#52ACD3

#52ACD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.103 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACD3
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 211)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -15.31, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 31.76, 241.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0672 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.103 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9855, 35.9990, 66.9837)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACD3 #D37952

analogous

#52D3BA #52ACD3 #526BD3

triadic

#52ACD3 #D352AC #ACD352

tetradic

#52ACD3 #BA52D3 #D37952 #6BD352

square

#52ACD3 #BA52D3 #D37952 #6BD352

split-complementary

#52ACD3 #D3526B #D3BA52

monochromatic

#236988 #2F8FB9 #52ACD3 #83C3DF #B4DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#52ACD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#52ACD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACD3

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACD3	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.103 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4e0',
    500: '#52acd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acd3;
$custom-light: #8ec4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70498,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACD3

secondary

#DAB6A6

accent

#7545E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACD3

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

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