#52A498#52A498

#52A498 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.083 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A498
RGB	rgb(82, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(171, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -28.03, -1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 28.07, 182.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0825 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.083 183)
XYZ	xyz(22.4203, 30.6098, 34.4265)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#52A498 #A4525E

analogous

#52A46F #52A498 #5287A4

triadic

#52A498 #9852A4 #A49852

tetradic

#52A498 #6F52A4 #A4525E #87A452

square

#52A498 #6F52A4 #A4525E #87A452

split-complementary

#52A498 #A45287 #A46F52

monochromatic

#29524C #3E7B72 #52A498 #78BBB2 #A1D0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#52A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#52A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A498

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A498	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.083 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfb6',
    500: '#52a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a498;
$custom-light: #89bfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.22,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66363,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.30612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A498

secondary

#BD959B

accent

#5E6EC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A498

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

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