#52B8A0#52B8A0

#52B8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8A0
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -35.55, 3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 35.70, 174.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.1017 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.102 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9625, 38.6103, 39.2825)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8A0 #B8526A

analogous

#52B86D #52B8A0 #529DB8

triadic

#52B8A0 #A052B8 #B8A052

tetradic

#52B8A0 #6D52B8 #B8526A #9DB852

square

#52B8A0 #6D52B8 #B8526A #9DB852

split-complementary

#52B8A0 #B8529D #B86D52

monochromatic

#2A6658 #3C917D #52B8A0 #7DCAB8 #A9DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#52B8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#52B8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8A0

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8A0	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)

#B2AE9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcebc',
    500: '#52b8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8a0;
$custom-light: #8bcebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71531,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8A0

secondary

#C99DA7

accent

#5673D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8A0

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

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