#52B8AE#52B8AE

#52B8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.096 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8AE
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -32.00, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 32.24, 186.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0954 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.096 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2568, 39.1281, 46.0995)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8AE #B8525C

analogous

#52B87B #52B8AE #528FB8

triadic

#52B8AE #AE52B8 #B8AE52

tetradic

#52B8AE #7B52B8 #B8525C #8FB852

square

#52B8AE #7B52B8 #B8525C #8FB852

split-complementary

#52B8AE #B8528F #B87B52

monochromatic

#2A6660 #3C9189 #52B8AE #7DCAC2 #A9DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#52B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#52B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8AE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8AE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.096 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdc6',
    500: '#52b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8ae;
$custom-light: #8ccdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.118,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7196,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8AE

secondary

#C99DA1

accent

#5662D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8AE

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

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