#52AECE#52AECE

#52AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AECE
RGB	rgb(82, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -17.90, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 30.31, 233.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0712 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.099 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7519, 36.5192, 63.8615)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AECE #CE7252

analogous

#52CEB0 #52AECE #5270CE

triadic

#52AECE #CE52AE #AECE52

tetradic

#52AECE #B052CE #CE7252 #70CE52

square

#52AECE #B052CE #CE7252 #70CE52

split-complementary

#52AECE #CE5270 #CEB052

monochromatic

#256981 #3290B1 #52AECE #82C4DC #B1DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#52AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#52AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AECE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AECE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6dd',
    500: '#52aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aece;
$custom-light: #8ec6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70751,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AECE

secondary

#D7B2A4

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AECE

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

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