#52AFDD#52AFDD

#52AFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AFDD
RGB	rgb(82, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -13.80, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 34.28, 246.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0668 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.11 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8557, 37.6710, 73.9850)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AFDD #DD8052

analogous

#52DDC6 #52AFDD #526ADD

triadic

#52AFDD #DD52AF #AFDD52

tetradic

#52AFDD #C652DD #DD8052 #6ADD52

square

#52AFDD #C652DD #DD8052 #6ADD52

split-complementary

#52AFDD #DD526A #DDC652

monochromatic

#1E6F97 #2894CA #52AFDD #85C7E7 #B8DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#52AFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#52AFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AFDD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AFDD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52afdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e7',
    500: '#52afdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52afdd;
$custom-light: #90c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52afdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71629,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AFDD

secondary

#E0BCAA

accent

#773EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AFDD

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

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