#52A5B2#52A5B2

#52A5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.083 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52A5B2
RGB	rgb(82, 165, 178)
HSL	hsl(188, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -21.48, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 25.87, 213.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0723 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.083 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9675, 31.9162, 46.9555)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52A5B2 #B25F52

analogous

#52B28F #52A5B2 #5275B2

triadic

#52A5B2 #B252A5 #A5B252

tetradic

#52A5B2 #8F52B2 #B25F52 #75B252

square

#52A5B2 #8F52B2 #B25F52 #75B252

split-complementary

#52A5B2 #B25275 #B28F52

monochromatic

#2A585F #3D7F8A #52A5B2 #7CBBC5 #A7D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#52A5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#52A5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52A5B2

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52A5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52A5B2	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52a5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 165, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.083 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0c9',
    500: '#52a5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52a5b2;
$custom-light: #8bc0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52a5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.125,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6751,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52A5B2

secondary

#C5A09B

accent

#6959CE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #52A5B2

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

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