#52B8BF#52B8BF

#52B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.095 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8BF
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -27.38, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 30.10, 204.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.088 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.095 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0202, 39.8334, 55.3867)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8BF #BF5952

analogous

#52BF8F #52B8BF #5281BF

triadic

#52B8BF #BF52B8 #B8BF52

tetradic

#52B8BF #8F52BF #BF5952 #81BF52

square

#52B8BF #8F52BF #BF5952 #81BF52

split-complementary

#52B8BF #BF5281 #BF8F52

monochromatic

#29696E #39949B #52B8BF #7FCAD0 #ABDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#52B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#52B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8BF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8BF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.095 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdd2',
    500: '#52b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8bf;
$custom-light: #8dcdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.853,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8BF

secondary

#CEA29F

accent

#5B52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8BF

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

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