#52B4BD#52B4BD

#52B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.092 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4BD
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -25.96, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 29.16, 207.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0845 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.092 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9824, 38.1076, 53.9624)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4BD #BD5B52

analogous

#52BD90 #52B4BD #527EBD

triadic

#52B4BD #BD52B4 #B4BD52

tetradic

#52B4BD #9052BD #BD5B52 #7EBD52

square

#52B4BD #9052BD #BD5B52 #7EBD52

split-complementary

#52B4BD #BD527E #BD9052

monochromatic

#29666C #3A9098 #52B4BD #7EC7CE #ABDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#52B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#52B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4BD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4BD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.092 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcad0',
    500: '#52b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4bd;
$custom-light: #8dcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.047,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71509,
    "c": 0.09212,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4BD

secondary

#CCA29E

accent

#5E53D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4BD

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

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