#52ADCD#52ADCD

#52ADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.098 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ADCD
RGB	rgb(82, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -17.68, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 30.14, 234.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0705 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.098 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4384, 36.0858, 63.1596)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ADCD #CD7252

analogous

#52CDB0 #52ADCD #5270CD

triadic

#52ADCD #CD52AD #ADCD52

tetradic

#52ADCD #B052CD #CD7252 #70CD52

square

#52ADCD #B052CD #CD7252 #70CD52

split-complementary

#52ADCD #CD5270 #CDB052

monochromatic

#256880 #338FAF #52ADCD #81C4DB #B1DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#52ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#52ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ADCD

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ADCD	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.098 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5dc',
    500: '#52adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52adcd;
$custom-light: #8ec5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.61,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70476,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ADCD

secondary

#D7B1A4

accent

#7049DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ADCD

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

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