#52B3BC#52B3BC

#52B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.091 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B3BC
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -25.74, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 28.94, 207.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0838 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.091 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6731, 37.6621, 53.3256)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B3BC #BC5B52

analogous

#52BC90 #52B3BC #527EBC

triadic

#52B3BC #BC52B3 #B3BC52

tetradic

#52B3BC #9052BC #BC5B52 #7EBC52

square

#52B3BC #9052BC #BC5B52 #7EBC52

split-complementary

#52B3BC #BC527E #BC9052

monochromatic

#29656A #3A8F97 #52B3BC #7EC6CD #AADADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#52B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#52B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B3BC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B3BC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.091 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcad0',
    500: '#52b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b3bc;
$custom-light: #8dcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.094,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71233,
    "c": 0.09143,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B3BC

secondary

#CCA29E

accent

#5F54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B3BC

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

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