#52B4BE#52B4BE

#52B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.092 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B4BE
RGB	rgb(82, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -25.68, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 29.14, 208.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0841 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.092 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0914, 38.1512, 54.5360)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B4BE #BE5C52

analogous

#52BE92 #52B4BE #527EBE

triadic

#52B4BE #BE52B4 #B4BE52

tetradic

#52B4BE #9252BE #BE5C52 #7EBE52

square

#52B4BE #9252BE #BE5C52 #7EBE52

split-complementary

#52B4BE #BE527E #BE9252

monochromatic

#29666D #3A9099 #52B4BE #7EC7CF #ABDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#52B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#52B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B4BE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B4BE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.092 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcad1',
    500: '#52b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b4be;
$custom-light: #8dcad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.556,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71545,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B4BE

secondary

#CDA39F

accent

#5F53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B4BE

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

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