#52ACDD#52ACDD

#52ACDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.112 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACDD
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -12.18, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 34.92, 249.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0637 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.112 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2783, 36.5162, 73.7925)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACDD #DD8352

analogous

#52DDC9 #52ACDD #5267DD

triadic

#52ACDD #DD52AC #ACDD52

tetradic

#52ACDD #C952DD #DD8352 #67DD52

square

#52ACDD #C952DD #DD8352 #67DD52

split-complementary

#52ACDD #DD5267 #DDC952

monochromatic

#1E6C97 #2891CA #52ACDD #85C5E7 #B8DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#52ACDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#52ACDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACDD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACDD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.112 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e7',
    500: '#52acdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acdd;
$custom-light: #8fc4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.151,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70941,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACDD

secondary

#E0BDAA

accent

#7A3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACDD

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

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