#52B5BE#52B5BE

#52B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.093 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5BE
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -26.18, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 29.38, 206.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0852 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.093 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2940, 38.5564, 54.6036)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5BE #BE5B52

analogous

#52BE91 #52B5BE #527FBE

triadic

#52B5BE #BE52B5 #B5BE52

tetradic

#52B5BE #9152BE #BE5B52 #7FBE52

square

#52B5BE #9152BE #BE5B52 #7FBE52

split-complementary

#52B5BE #BE527F #BE9152

monochromatic

#29676D #3A9199 #52B5BE #7EC8CF #ABDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#52B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#52B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5BE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5BE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.093 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbd1',
    500: '#52b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5be;
$custom-light: #8dcbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71784,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5BE

secondary

#CDA39F

accent

#5E53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5BE

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

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