#52ACD9#52ACD9

#52ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACD9
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -13.44, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 33.58, 246.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0651 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.108 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7517, 36.3055, 71.0192)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACD9 #D97F52

analogous

#52D9C2 #52ACD9 #5268D9

triadic

#52ACD9 #D952AC #ACD952

tetradic

#52ACD9 #C252D9 #D97F52 #68D952

square

#52ACD9 #C252D9 #D97F52 #68D952

split-complementary

#52ACD9 #D95268 #D9C252

monochromatic

#206B91 #2B90C3 #52ACD9 #84C4E4 #B6DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#52ACD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#52ACD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACD9

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACD9	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e5',
    500: '#52acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acd9;
$custom-light: #8fc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70761,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACD9

secondary

#DEBBA9

accent

#7841E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACD9

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

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