#52B2BC#52B2BC

#52B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.091 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B2BC
RGB	rgb(82, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -25.24, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 28.70, 208.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0827 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.091 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4734, 37.2627, 53.2591)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B2BC #BC5C52

analogous

#52BC91 #52B2BC #527DBC

triadic

#52B2BC #BC52B2 #B2BC52

tetradic

#52B2BC #9152BC #BC5C52 #7DBC52

square

#52B2BC #9152BC #BC5C52 #7DBC52

split-complementary

#52B2BC #BC527D #BC9152

monochromatic

#29646A #3A8E97 #52B2BC #7EC6CD #AAD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#52B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#52B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B2BC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B2BC	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.091 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9d0',
    500: '#52b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b2bc;
$custom-light: #8cc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.66,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B2BC

secondary

#CCA29E

accent

#6054D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B2BC

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

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