#52B9BB#52B9BB

#52B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.095 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B9BB
RGB	rgb(82, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -28.99, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 30.67, 199.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0908 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.095 197)
XYZ	xyz(29.7945, 40.0767, 53.1695)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B9BB #BB5452

analogous

#52BB88 #52B9BB #5284BB

triadic

#52B9BB #BB52B9 #B9BB52

tetradic

#52B9BB #8852BB #BB5452 #84BB52

square

#52B9BB #8852BB #BB5452 #84BB52

split-complementary

#52B9BB #BB5284 #BB8852

monochromatic

#296869 #3B9395 #52B9BB #7ECBCC #AADDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#52B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#52B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B9BB

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B9BB	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.095 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcecf',
    500: '#52b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b9bb;
$custom-light: #8dcecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.4008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B9BB

secondary

#CB9F9E

accent

#5754D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B9BB

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

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