#52B5AE#52B5AE

#52B5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.093 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5AE
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -30.56, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 31.01, 189.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.092 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.093 189)
XYZ	xyz(27.6403, 37.8949, 45.8940)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5AE #B55259

analogous

#52B57D #52B5AE #528BB5

triadic

#52B5AE #AE52B5 #B5AE52

tetradic

#52B5AE #7D52B5 #B55259 #8BB552

square

#52B5AE #7D52B5 #B55259 #8BB552

split-complementary

#52B5AE #B5528B #B57D52

monochromatic

#2A625E #3C8D88 #52B5AE #7DC7C2 #A8DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#52B5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#52B5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5AE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5AE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.093 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbc6',
    500: '#52b5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5ae;
$custom-light: #8ccbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.758,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.37898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5AE

secondary

#C79C9F

accent

#5860D0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5AE

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

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