#52A3AD#52A3AD

#52A3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.080 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A3AD
RGB	rgb(82, 163, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -21.87, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 25.32, 210.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0721 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.08 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1167, 31.0032, 44.2404)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A3AD #AD5C52

analogous

#52AD89 #52A3AD #5276AD

triadic

#52A3AD #AD52A3 #A3AD52

tetradic

#52A3AD #8952AD #AD5C52 #76AD52

square

#52A3AD #8952AD #AD5C52 #76AD52

split-complementary

#52A3AD #AD5276 #AD8952

monochromatic

#2B555A #3E7C83 #52A3AD #7CB9C1 #A5CFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#52A3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#52A3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A3AD

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A3AD	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 163, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.080 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abec5',
    500: '#52a3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a3ad;
$custom-light: #8abec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.593,
    "s": 35.686,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66843,
    "c": 0.08029,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A3AD

secondary

#C29D99

accent

#685CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A3AD

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

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