#52B8CA#52B8CA

#52B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.097 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B8CA
RGB	rgb(82, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -24.24, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 30.19, 216.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0835 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.097 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2765, 40.3359, 62.0030)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B8CA #CA6452

analogous

#52CAA0 #52B8CA #527CCA

triadic

#52B8CA #CA52B8 #B8CA52

tetradic

#52B8CA #A052CA #CA6452 #7CCA52

square

#52B8CA #A052CA #CA6452 #7CCA52

split-complementary

#52B8CA #CA527C #CAA052

monochromatic

#266F7C #3499AB #52B8CA #81CBD8 #B0DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#52B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#52B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B8CA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B8CA	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.097 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdda',
    500: '#52b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b8ca;
$custom-light: #8ecdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72944,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B8CA

secondary

#D5AAA3

accent

#614BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B8CA

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

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