#52B3BB#52B3BB

#52B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.091 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3BB
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -26.03, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 28.96, 206.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0842 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.091 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5657, 37.6191, 52.7599)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3BB #BB5A52

analogous

#52BB8E #52B3BB #527FBB

triadic

#52B3BB #BB52B3 #B3BB52

tetradic

#52B3BB #8E52BB #BB5A52 #7FBB52

square

#52B3BB #8E52BB #BB5A52 #7FBB52

split-complementary

#52B3BB #BB527F #BB8E52

monochromatic

#296469 #3B8E95 #52B3BB #7EC6CC #AADADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#52B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#52B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3BB

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3BB	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.091 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccacf',
    500: '#52b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3bb;
$custom-light: #8ccacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3BB

secondary

#CBA19E

accent

#5E54D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3BB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →