#52B8BB#52B8BB

#52B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.094 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8BB
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -28.50, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 30.36, 200.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0897 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.094 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5860, 39.6598, 53.1000)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8BB #BB5552

analogous

#52BB89 #52B8BB #5284BB

triadic

#52B8BB #BB52B8 #B8BB52

tetradic

#52B8BB #8952BB #BB5552 #84BB52

square

#52B8BB #8952BB #BB5552 #84BB52

split-complementary

#52B8BB #BB5284 #BB8952

monochromatic

#296769 #3B9395 #52B8BB #7ECACC #AADCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#52B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#52B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8BB

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8BB	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.094 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdcf',
    500: '#52b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8bb;
$custom-light: #8dcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8BB

secondary

#CB9F9E

accent

#5854D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8BB

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

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