#52ADD2#52ADD2

#52ADD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ADD2
RGB	rgb(82, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -16.15, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 31.36, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0686 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.102 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0516, 36.3311, 66.3892)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ADD2 #D27752

analogous

#52D2B7 #52ADD2 #526DD2

triadic

#52ADD2 #D252AD #ADD252

tetradic

#52ADD2 #B752D2 #D27752 #6DD252

square

#52ADD2 #B752D2 #D27752 #6DD252

split-complementary

#52ADD2 #D2526D #D2B752

monochromatic

#236A87 #3090B7 #52ADD2 #83C4DF #B3DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#52ADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#52ADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ADD2

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ADD2	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52add2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5e0',
    500: '#52add2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52add2;
$custom-light: #8ec5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52add2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70687,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ADD2

secondary

#DAB5A6

accent

#7346E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ADD2

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

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