#52B5BC#52B5BC

#52B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.092 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5BC
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -26.74, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 29.44, 204.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.086 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.093 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0769, 38.4696, 53.4602)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5BC #BC5952

analogous

#52BC8E #52B5BC #5280BC

triadic

#52B5BC #BC52B5 #B5BC52

tetradic

#52B5BC #8E52BC #BC5952 #80BC52

square

#52B5BC #8E52BC #BC5952 #80BC52

split-complementary

#52B5BC #BC5280 #BC8E52

monochromatic

#29666A #3A9097 #52B5BC #7EC8CD #AADBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#52B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#52B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5BC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5BC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.092 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbd0',
    500: '#52b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5bc;
$custom-light: #8dcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.962,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71712,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5BC

secondary

#CCA19E

accent

#5C54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5BC

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

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