#52BCB4#52BCB4

#52BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCB4
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -32.32, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 32.73, 189.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0971 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.098 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6975, 41.0526, 49.5301)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCB4 #BC525A

analogous

#52BC7F #52BCB4 #528FBC

triadic

#52BCB4 #B452BC #BCB452

tetradic

#52BCB4 #7F52BC #BC525A #8FBC52

square

#52BCB4 #7F52BC #BC525A #8FBC52

split-complementary

#52BCB4 #BC528F #BC7F52

monochromatic

#296A65 #3A9790 #52BCB4 #7ECDC7 #AADEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#52BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#52BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCB4

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCB4	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ca',
    500: '#52bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcb4;
$custom-light: #8dd0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.472,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73124,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCB4

secondary

#CC9EA1

accent

#545ED4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCB4

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

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