#52BCAC#52BCAC

#52BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCAC
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -34.41, -1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 34.42, 181.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1007 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.101 182)
XYZ	xyz(28.9060, 40.7360, 45.3612)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCAC #BC5262

analogous

#52BC77 #52BCAC #5297BC

triadic

#52BCAC #AC52BC #BCAC52

tetradic

#52BCAC #7752BC #BC5262 #97BC52

square

#52BCAC #7752BC #BC5262 #97BC52

split-complementary

#52BCAC #BC5297 #BC7752

monochromatic

#296A61 #3A9789 #52BCAC #7ECDC1 #AADED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#52BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#52BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCAC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCAC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 182.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.943,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72871,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.40739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCAC

secondary

#CC9EA5

accent

#5467D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCAC

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

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