#52B4AC#52B4AC

#52B4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.093 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4AC
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -30.61, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 30.96, 188.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0918 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.093 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2441, 37.4123, 44.8073)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4AC #B4525A

analogous

#52B47B #52B4AC #528BB4

triadic

#52B4AC #AC52B4 #B4AC52

tetradic

#52B4AC #7B52B4 #B4525A #8BB452

square

#52B4AC #7B52B4 #B4525A #8BB452

split-complementary

#52B4AC #B4528B #B47B52

monochromatic

#2A615D #3D8C86 #52B4AC #7DC7C0 #A7D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#52B4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#52B4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4AC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4AC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.093 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbc4',
    500: '#52b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4ac;
$custom-light: #8bcbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.102,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4AC

secondary

#C79B9F

accent

#5862CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4AC

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

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