#52BAC8#52BAC8

#52BAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.097 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BAC8
RGB	rgb(82, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -25.82, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 30.43, 211.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0864 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.097 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4596, 41.0786, 60.9034)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BAC8 #C86052

analogous

#52C89B #52BAC8 #527FC8

triadic

#52BAC8 #C852BA #BAC852

tetradic

#52BAC8 #9B52C8 #C86052 #7FC852

square

#52BAC8 #9B52C8 #C86052 #7FC852

split-complementary

#52BAC8 #C8527F #C89B52

monochromatic

#276F79 #359AA8 #52BAC8 #80CDD7 #AFDFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#52BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#52BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BAC8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BAC8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.097 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfd8',
    500: '#52bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bac8;
$custom-light: #8ecfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.119,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73342,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BAC8

secondary

#D4A8A2

accent

#5E4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BAC8

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

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