#52BCAE#52BCAE

#52BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCAE
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -33.89, -2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 33.96, 183.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0998 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.1 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0995, 40.8134, 46.3804)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCAE #BC5260

analogous

#52BC79 #52BCAE #5295BC

triadic

#52BCAE #AE52BC #BCAE52

tetradic

#52BCAE #7952BC #BC5260 #95BC52

square

#52BCAE #7952BC #BC5260 #95BC52

split-complementary

#52BCAE #BC5295 #BC7952

monochromatic

#296A62 #3A978A #52BCAE #7ECDC3 #AADED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#52BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#52BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCAE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCAE	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)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0c6',
    500: '#52bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcae;
$custom-light: #8cd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.075,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72933,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCAE

secondary

#CC9EA4

accent

#5465D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCAE

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

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