#52B4AE#52B4AE

#52B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.092 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4AE
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -30.08, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 30.61, 190.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0909 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.092 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4377, 37.4897, 45.8265)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4AE #B45258

analogous

#52B47D #52B4AE #5289B4

triadic

#52B4AE #AE52B4 #B4AE52

tetradic

#52B4AE #7D52B4 #B45258 #89B452

square

#52B4AE #7D52B4 #B45258 #89B452

split-complementary

#52B4AE #B45289 #B47D52

monochromatic

#2A615E #3D8C87 #52B4AE #7DC7C2 #A7D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#52B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#52B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4AE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4AE	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.092 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbc6',
    500: '#52b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4ae;
$custom-light: #8ccbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.327,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70988,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4AE

secondary

#C79B9E

accent

#5860CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4AE

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

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