#52AEC8#52AEC8

#52AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.095 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AEC8
RGB	rgb(82, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -19.71, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 29.15, 227.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0735 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.095 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0369, 36.2332, 60.0959)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#52AEC8 #C86C52

analogous

#52C8A7 #52AEC8 #5273C8

triadic

#52AEC8 #C852AE #AEC852

tetradic

#52AEC8 #A752C8 #C86C52 #73C852

square

#52AEC8 #A752C8 #C86C52 #73C852

split-complementary

#52AEC8 #C85273 #C8A752

monochromatic

#276779 #358EA8 #52AEC8 #80C4D7 #AFD9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#52AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#52AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AEC8

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AEC8	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.095 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6d8',
    500: '#52aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aec8;
$custom-light: #8dc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.22,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70506,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AEC8

secondary

#D4ADA2

accent

#6C4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AEC8

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

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