#52ADD4#52ADD4

#52ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.103 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ADD4
RGB	rgb(82, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -15.53, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 31.90, 240.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0679 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.103 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3023, 36.4314, 67.7096)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ADD4 #D47952

analogous

#52D4BA #52ADD4 #526CD4

triadic

#52ADD4 #D452AD #ADD452

tetradic

#52ADD4 #BA52D4 #D47952 #6CD452

square

#52ADD4 #BA52D4 #D47952 #6CD452

split-complementary

#52ADD4 #D4526C #D4BA52

monochromatic

#226A89 #2E90BA #52ADD4 #83C4E0 #B4DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#52ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#52ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ADD4

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ADD4	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.103 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5e1',
    500: '#52add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52add4;
$custom-light: #8ec5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70773,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ADD4

secondary

#DBB6A7

accent

#7444E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ADD4

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

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