#52BCAD#52BCAD

#52BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCAD
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -34.15, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 34.19, 182.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.1002 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.1 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0024, 40.7746, 45.8689)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCAD #BC5261

analogous

#52BC78 #52BCAD #5296BC

triadic

#52BCAD #AD52BC #BCAD52

tetradic

#52BCAD #7852BC #BC5261 #96BC52

square

#52BCAD #7852BC #BC5261 #96BC52

split-complementary

#52BCAD #BC5296 #BC7852

monochromatic

#296A61 #3A9789 #52BCAD #7ECDC2 #AADED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#52BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#52BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCAD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCAD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0c5',
    500: '#52bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcad;
$custom-light: #8cd0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.509,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCAD

secondary

#CC9EA4

accent

#5466D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCAD

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

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