#52BCA4#52BCA4

#52BCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCA4
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -36.41, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 36.54, 175.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1043 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.105 176)
XYZ	xyz(28.1607, 40.4379, 41.4360)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCA4 #BC526A

analogous

#52BC6F #52BCA4 #529FBC

triadic

#52BCA4 #A452BC #BCA452

tetradic

#52BCA4 #6F52BC #BC526A #9FBC52

square

#52BCA4 #6F52BC #BC526A #9FBC52

split-complementary

#52BCA4 #BC529F #BC6F52

monochromatic

#296A5C #3A9782 #52BCA4 #7ECDBB #AADED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#52BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#52BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCA4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCA4	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0be',
    500: '#52bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bca4;
$custom-light: #8cd0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.415,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7263,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.40441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCA4

secondary

#CC9EA8

accent

#5471D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCA4

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

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