#52ADD3#52ADD3

#52ADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ADD3
RGB	rgb(82, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -15.84, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 31.63, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0683 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.102 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1765, 36.3811, 67.0473)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ADD3 #D37852

analogous

#52D3B8 #52ADD3 #526DD3

triadic

#52ADD3 #D352AD #ADD352

tetradic

#52ADD3 #B852D3 #D37852 #6DD352

square

#52ADD3 #B852D3 #D37852 #6DD352

split-complementary

#52ADD3 #D3526D #D3B852

monochromatic

#236A88 #2F90B9 #52ADD3 #83C4DF #B4DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#52ADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#52ADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ADD3

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ADD3	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52add3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5e0',
    500: '#52add3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52add3;
$custom-light: #8ec5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52add3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7073,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ADD3

secondary

#DAB6A6

accent

#7445E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ADD3

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

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