#52B2B8#52B2B8

#52B2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.090 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2B8
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -26.37, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 28.82, 203.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0844 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.09 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0482, 37.0926, 51.0196)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2B8 #B85852

analogous

#52B88B #52B2B8 #527FB8

triadic

#52B2B8 #B852B2 #B2B852

tetradic

#52B2B8 #8B52B8 #B85852 #7FB852

square

#52B2B8 #8B52B8 #B85852 #7FB852

split-complementary

#52B2B8 #B8527F #B88B52

monochromatic

#2A6266 #3C8C91 #52B2B8 #7DC5CA #A9D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#52B2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#52B2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2B8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2B8	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.090 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9cd',
    500: '#52b2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2b8;
$custom-light: #8cc9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70849,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2B8

secondary

#C99F9D

accent

#5D56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2B8

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

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