#52BCA5#52BCA5

#52BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCA5
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(167, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -36.17, 2.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 36.25, 176.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1038 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.104 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2513, 40.4742, 41.9135)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCA5 #BC5269

analogous

#52BC70 #52BCA5 #529EBC

triadic

#52BCA5 #A552BC #BCA552

tetradic

#52BCA5 #7052BC #BC5269 #9EBC52

square

#52BCA5 #7052BC #BC5269 #9EBC52

split-complementary

#52BCA5 #BC529E #BC7052

monochromatic

#296A5C #3A9782 #52BCA5 #7ECDBC #AADED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#52BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#52BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCA5

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCA5	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0bf',
    500: '#52bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bca5;
$custom-light: #8cd0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.981,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7266,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCA5

secondary

#CC9EA8

accent

#5470D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCA5

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

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