#52BCAB#52BCAB

#52BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCAB
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -34.66, -0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 34.67, 181.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1011 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.101 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8103, 40.6977, 44.8573)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCAB #BC5263

analogous

#52BC76 #52BCAB #5298BC

triadic

#52BCAB #AB52BC #BCAB52

tetradic

#52BCAB #7652BC #BC5263 #98BC52

square

#52BCAB #7652BC #BC5263 #98BC52

split-complementary

#52BCAB #BC5298 #BC7652

monochromatic

#296A60 #3A9788 #52BCAB #7ECDC0 #AADED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#52BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#52BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCAB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCAB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0c4',
    500: '#52bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcab;
$custom-light: #8cd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.377,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCAB

secondary

#CC9EA5

accent

#5468D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCAB

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

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