#52AEAD#52AEAD

#52AEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.087 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52AEAD
RGB	rgb(82, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -27.41, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 28.51, 195.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0846 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.087 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1554, 35.0806, 44.9199)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52AEAD #AE5253

analogous

#52AE7F #52AEAD #5281AE

triadic

#52AEAD #AD52AE #AEAD52

tetradic

#52AEAD #7F52AE #AE5253 #81AE52

square

#52AEAD #7F52AE #AE5253 #81AE52

split-complementary

#52AEAD #AE5281 #AE7F52

monochromatic

#2B5B5A #3E8584 #52AEAD #7CC2C1 #A5D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#52AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#52AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52AEAD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52AEAD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.087 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6c5',
    500: '#52aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52aead;
$custom-light: #8bc6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.348,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.695,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52AEAD

secondary

#C2999A

accent

#5C5DCC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52AEAD

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

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