#52979A#52979A

#52979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.070 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52979A
RGB	rgb(82, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -20.93, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 22.54, 201.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0661 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.07 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3767, 26.2585, 34.5602)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52979A #9A5552

analogous

#529A79 #52979A #52739A

triadic

#52979A #9A5297 #979A52

tetradic

#52979A #79529A #9A5552 #739A52

square

#52979A #79529A #9A5552 #739A52

split-complementary

#52979A #9A5273 #9A7952

monochromatic

#27494A #3D7072 #52979A #74B2B5 #9CC8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#52979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#52979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #52979A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52979A	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.070 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5b7',
    500: '#52979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52979a;
$custom-light: #88b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 30.508,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63244,
    "c": 0.06999,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52979A

secondary

#B79290

accent

#6561C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #52979A

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

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