#52ACDE#52ACDE

#52ACDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.113 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ACDE
RGB	rgb(82, 172, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -11.86, -33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 35.27, 250.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0634 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.113 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4119, 36.5696, 74.4963)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ACDE #DE8452

analogous

#52DECA #52ACDE #5266DE

triadic

#52ACDE #DE52AC #ACDE52

tetradic

#52ACDE #CA52DE #DE8452 #66DE52

square

#52ACDE #CA52DE #DE8452 #66DE52

split-complementary

#52ACDE #DE5266 #DECA52

monochromatic

#1D6C99 #2791CC #52ACDE #85C5E8 #B9DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#52ACDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#52ACDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ACDE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ACDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ACDE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52acde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 172, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.113 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e8',
    500: '#52acde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52acde;
$custom-light: #90c4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52acde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70986,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ACDE

secondary

#E1BEAB

accent

#7B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ACDE

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

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