#52B5BF#52B5BF

#52B5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.093 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B5BF
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -25.89, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 29.36, 208.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0847 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.093 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4036, 38.6003, 55.1811)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B5BF #BF5C52

analogous

#52BF92 #52B5BF #527EBF

triadic

#52B5BF #BF52B5 #B5BF52

tetradic

#52B5BF #9252BF #BF5C52 #7EBF52

square

#52B5BF #9252BF #BF5C52 #7EBF52

split-complementary

#52B5BF #BF527E #BF9252

monochromatic

#29686E #39929B #52B5BF #7FC8D0 #ABDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#52B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#52B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B5BF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B5BF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.093 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbd2',
    500: '#52b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b5bf;
$custom-light: #8dcbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.505,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B5BF

secondary

#CEA39F

accent

#5E52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B5BF

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

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