#52B8BC#52B8BC

#52B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.094 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8BC
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -28.22, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 30.28, 201.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0893 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.094 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6935, 39.7027, 53.6658)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8BC #BC5652

analogous

#52BC8B #52B8BC #5283BC

triadic

#52B8BC #BC52B8 #B8BC52

tetradic

#52B8BC #8B52BC #BC5652 #83BC52

square

#52B8BC #8B52BC #BC5652 #83BC52

split-complementary

#52B8BC #BC5283 #BC8B52

monochromatic

#29686A #3A9397 #52B8BC #7ECACD #AADCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#52B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#52B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8BC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8BC	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.094 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdd0',
    500: '#52b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8bc;
$custom-light: #8dcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8BC

secondary

#CCA09E

accent

#5954D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8BC

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

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