#52A3AF#52A3AF

#52A3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.081 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A3AF
RGB	rgb(82, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -21.30, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 25.37, 212.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0713 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.081 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3117, 31.0812, 45.2672)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A3AF #AF5E52

analogous

#52AF8C #52A3AF #5274AF

triadic

#52A3AF #AF52A3 #A3AF52

tetradic

#52A3AF #8C52AF #AF5E52 #74AF52

square

#52A3AF #8C52AF #AF5E52 #74AF52

split-complementary

#52A3AF #AF5274 #AF8C52

monochromatic

#2B565C #3E7D86 #52A3AF #7CB9C2 #A6D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#52A3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#52A3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A3AF

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A3AF	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.081 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abec6',
    500: '#52a3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a3af;
$custom-light: #8abec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66917,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A3AF

secondary

#C39F9A

accent

#6A5BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A3AF

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

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