#52BAAD#52BAAD

#52BAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.098 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAAD
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -33.21, -2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 33.30, 184.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.098 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.098 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5781, 39.9260, 45.7275)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAAD #BA525F

analogous

#52BA79 #52BAAD #5293BA

triadic

#52BAAD #AD52BA #BAAD52

tetradic

#52BAAD #7952BA #BA525F #93BA52

square

#52BAAD #7952BA #BA525F #93BA52

split-complementary

#52BAAD #BA5293 #BA7952

monochromatic

#2A6860 #3B9489 #52BAAD #7ECBC2 #AADDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#52BAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#52BAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAAD

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAAD	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52baad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.098 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfc5',
    500: '#52baad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52baad;
$custom-light: #8ccfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52baad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAAD

secondary

#CA9DA3

accent

#5565D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAAD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →