#52ACD8#52ACD8

#52ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACD8
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -13.75, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 33.26, 245.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0654 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.107 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6221, 36.2537, 70.3363)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACD8 #D87E52

analogous

#52D8C1 #52ACD8 #5269D8

triadic

#52ACD8 #D852AC #ACD852

tetradic

#52ACD8 #C152D8 #D87E52 #69D852

square

#52ACD8 #C152D8 #D87E52 #69D852

split-complementary

#52ACD8 #D85269 #D8C152

monochromatic

#206B8F #2C90C1 #52ACD8 #84C4E3 #B6DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#52ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#52ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACD8

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACD8	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e4',
    500: '#52acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acd8;
$custom-light: #8fc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70717,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACD8

secondary

#DDBAA8

accent

#7842E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACD8

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

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