#52ADD8#52ADD8

#52ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52ADD8
RGB	rgb(82, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -14.29, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 33.08, 244.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0665 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.107 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8131, 36.6357, 70.4000)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52ADD8 #D87D52

analogous

#52D8C0 #52ADD8 #526AD8

triadic

#52ADD8 #D852AD #ADD852

tetradic

#52ADD8 #C052D8 #D87D52 #6AD852

square

#52ADD8 #C052D8 #D87D52 #6AD852

split-complementary

#52ADD8 #D8526A #D8C052

monochromatic

#206C8F #2C91C1 #52ADD8 #84C5E3 #B6DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#52ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#52ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52ADD8

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52ADD8	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5e4',
    500: '#52add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52add8;
$custom-light: #8fc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70947,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52ADD8

secondary

#DDB9A8

accent

#7642E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #52ADD8

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

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