#52BCB3#52BCB3

#52BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCB3
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -32.59, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 32.92, 188.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0975 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.098 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5960, 41.0120, 48.9955)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCB3 #BC525B

analogous

#52BC7E #52BCB3 #5290BC

triadic

#52BCB3 #B352BC #BCB352

tetradic

#52BCB3 #7E52BC #BC525B #90BC52

square

#52BCB3 #7E52BC #BC525B #90BC52

split-complementary

#52BCB3 #BC5290 #BC7E52

monochromatic

#296A65 #3A978F #52BCB3 #7ECDC6 #AADEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#52BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#52BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCB3

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCB3	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0c9',
    500: '#52bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcb3;
$custom-light: #8dd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.906,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73092,
    "c": 0.09843,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCB3

secondary

#CC9EA2

accent

#545FD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCB3

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

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