#52B9CD#52B9CD

#52B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B9CD
RGB	rgb(82, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -23.87, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 30.54, 218.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0833 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.099 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8436, 40.8963, 63.9614)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B9CD #CD6652

analogous

#52CDA4 #52B9CD #527CCD

triadic

#52B9CD #CD52B9 #B9CD52

tetradic

#52B9CD #A452CD #CD6652 #7CCD52

square

#52B9CD #A452CD #CD6652 #7CCD52

split-complementary

#52B9CD #CD527C #CDA452

monochromatic

#257180 #339BAF #52B9CD #81CCDB #B1DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#52B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#52B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B9CD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B9CD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecedc',
    500: '#52b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b9cd;
$custom-light: #8ecedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.756,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73295,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B9CD

secondary

#D7ACA4

accent

#6249DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B9CD

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

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