#52B4BB#52B4BB

#52B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.092 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4BB
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -26.52, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 29.22, 204.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0853 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.092 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7669, 38.0214, 52.8269)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4BB #BB5952

analogous

#52BB8D #52B4BB #527FBB

triadic

#52B4BB #BB52B4 #B4BB52

tetradic

#52B4BB #8D52BB #BB5952 #7FBB52

square

#52B4BB #8D52BB #BB5952 #7FBB52

split-complementary

#52B4BB #BB527F #BB8D52

monochromatic

#296569 #3B8F95 #52B4BB #7EC7CC #AADADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#52B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#52B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4BB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4BB	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)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.092 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcacf',
    500: '#52b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4bb;
$custom-light: #8dcacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71437,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4BB

secondary

#CBA19E

accent

#5D54D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4BB

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

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