#52BCA9#52BCA9

#52BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCA9
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -35.17, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 35.17, 179.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.102 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.102 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6211, 40.6221, 43.8609)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCA9 #BC5265

analogous

#52BC74 #52BCA9 #529ABC

triadic

#52BCA9 #A952BC #BCA952

tetradic

#52BCA9 #7452BC #BC5265 #9ABC52

square

#52BCA9 #7452BC #BC5265 #9ABC52

split-complementary

#52BCA9 #BC529A #BC7452

monochromatic

#296A5F #3A9786 #52BCA9 #7ECDBF #AADED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#52BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#52BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCA9

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCA9	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0c2',
    500: '#52bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bca9;
$custom-light: #8cd0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCA9

secondary

#CC9EA6

accent

#546BD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCA9

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

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