#52ACD6#52ACD6

#52ACD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACD6
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -14.38, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 32.64, 243.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0661 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.105 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3651, 36.1509, 68.9829)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACD6 #D67C52

analogous

#52D6BE #52ACD6 #526AD6

triadic

#52ACD6 #D652AC #ACD652

tetradic

#52ACD6 #BE52D6 #D67C52 #6AD652

square

#52ACD6 #BE52D6 #D67C52 #6AD652

split-complementary

#52ACD6 #D6526A #D6BE52

monochromatic

#216A8C #2D90BE #52ACD6 #83C4E2 #B5DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#52ACD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#52ACD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACD6

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACD6	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e2',
    500: '#52acd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acd6;
$custom-light: #8fc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70628,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACD6

secondary

#DCB8A8

accent

#7643E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACD6

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

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