#52979E#52979E

#52979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.071 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52979E
RGB	rgb(82, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -19.83, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 22.41, 207.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0644 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.071 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7154, 26.3940, 36.3440)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52979E #9E5952

analogous

#529E7F #52979E #52719E

triadic

#52979E #9E5297 #979E52

tetradic

#52979E #7F529E #9E5952 #719E52

square

#52979E #7F529E #9E5952 #719E52

split-complementary

#52979E #9E5271 #9E7F52

monochromatic

#284A4D #3D7076 #52979E #76B2B8 #9EC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#52979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#52979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #52979E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52979E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.071 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5ba',
    500: '#52979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52979e;
$custom-light: #88b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 31.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63389,
    "c": 0.07051,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52979E

secondary

#BA9692

accent

#6A60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #52979E

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

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