#52BCAF#52BCAF

#52BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCAF
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -33.63, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 33.74, 184.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0993 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.1 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1974, 40.8526, 46.8958)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCAF #BC525F

analogous

#52BC7A #52BCAF #5294BC

triadic

#52BCAF #AF52BC #BCAF52

tetradic

#52BCAF #7A52BC #BC525F #94BC52

square

#52BCAF #7A52BC #BC525F #94BC52

split-complementary

#52BCAF #BC5294 #BC7A52

monochromatic

#296A62 #3A978B #52BCAF #7ECDC3 #AADED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#52BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#52BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCAF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCAF	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c6',
    500: '#52bcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcaf;
$custom-light: #8dd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.642,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72964,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCAF

secondary

#CC9EA4

accent

#5464D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCAF

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

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