#52BCB0#52BCB0

#52BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCB0
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -33.37, -3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 33.52, 185.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0989 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.099 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2959, 40.8920, 47.4149)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCB0 #BC525E

analogous

#52BC7B #52BCB0 #5293BC

triadic

#52BCB0 #B052BC #BCB052

tetradic

#52BCB0 #7B52BC #BC525E #93BC52

square

#52BCB0 #7B52BC #BC525E #93BC52

split-complementary

#52BCB0 #BC5293 #BC7B52

monochromatic

#296A63 #3A978C #52BCB0 #7ECDC4 #AADED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#52BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#52BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCB0

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCB0	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c7',
    500: '#52bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcb0;
$custom-light: #8dd0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.208,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72996,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCB0

secondary

#CC9EA3

accent

#5462D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCB0

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

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