#52BCB2#52BCB2

#52BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.099 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCB2
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -32.85, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 33.11, 187.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.098 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.099 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4953, 40.9717, 48.4648)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCB2 #BC525C

analogous

#52BC7D #52BCB2 #5291BC

triadic

#52BCB2 #B252BC #BCB252

tetradic

#52BCB2 #7D52BC #BC525C #91BC52

square

#52BCB2 #7D52BC #BC525C #91BC52

split-complementary

#52BCB2 #BC5291 #BC7D52

monochromatic

#296A64 #3A978E #52BCB2 #7ECDC6 #AADED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#52BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#52BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCB2

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCB2	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.099 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c9',
    500: '#52bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcb2;
$custom-light: #8dd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.34,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7306,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCB2

secondary

#CC9EA2

accent

#5460D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCB2

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

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