#52979B#52979B

#52979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.070 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52979B
RGB	rgb(82, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -20.66, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 22.48, 203.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0657 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.07 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4604, 26.2919, 35.0006)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52979B #9B5652

analogous

#529B7B #52979B #52739B

triadic

#52979B #9B5297 #979B52

tetradic

#52979B #7B529B #9B5652 #739B52

square

#52979B #7B529B #9B5652 #739B52

split-complementary

#52979B #9B5273 #9B7B52

monochromatic

#28494B #3D7073 #52979B #74B2B6 #9DC8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#52979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#52979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #52979B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52979B	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.070 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5b8',
    500: '#52979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52979b;
$custom-light: #88b5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.288,
    "s": 30.802,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52979B

secondary

#B89391

accent

#6661C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #52979B

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

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