#52B4BA#52B4BA

#52B4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.092 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4BA
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -26.80, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 29.27, 203.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0858 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.092 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6602, 37.9787, 52.2651)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4BA #BA5852

analogous

#52BA8C #52B4BA #5280BA

triadic

#52B4BA #BA52B4 #B4BA52

tetradic

#52B4BA #8C52BA #BA5852 #80BA52

square

#52B4BA #8C52BA #BA5852 #80BA52

split-complementary

#52B4BA #BA5280 #BA8C52

monochromatic

#2A6468 #3B8F94 #52B4BA #7EC7CB #AADADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#52B4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#52B4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4BA

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4BA	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.092 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccace',
    500: '#52b4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4ba;
$custom-light: #8ccace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.462,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71401,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4BA

secondary

#CAA09D

accent

#5C55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4BA

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

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