#52B9CA#52B9CA

#52B9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.098 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B9CA
RGB	rgb(82, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -24.74, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 30.34, 215.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0845 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.098 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4849, 40.7528, 62.0725)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B9CA #CA6352

analogous

#52CA9F #52B9CA #527DCA

triadic

#52B9CA #CA52B9 #B9CA52

tetradic

#52B9CA #9F52CA #CA6352 #7DCA52

square

#52B9CA #9F52CA #CA6352 #7DCA52

split-complementary

#52B9CA #CA527D #CA9F52

monochromatic

#26707C #349AAB #52B9CA #81CCD8 #B0DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#52B9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#52B9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B9CA

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B9CA	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.098 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceda',
    500: '#52b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b9ca;
$custom-light: #8eceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7318,
    "c": 0.09754,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B9CA

secondary

#D5AAA3

accent

#604BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B9CA

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

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