#52BCB5#52BCB5

#52BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.098 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCB5
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -32.06, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 32.56, 190.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0967 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.098 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7998, 41.0935, 50.0685)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCB5 #BC5259

analogous

#52BC80 #52BCB5 #528EBC

triadic

#52BCB5 #B552BC #BCB552

tetradic

#52BCB5 #8052BC #BC5259 #8EBC52

square

#52BCB5 #8052BC #BC5259 #8EBC52

split-complementary

#52BCB5 #BC528E #BC8052

monochromatic

#296A66 #3A9790 #52BCB5 #7ECDC8 #AADEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#52BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#52BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCB5

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCB5	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.098 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0cb',
    500: '#52bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcb5;
$custom-light: #8dd0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.038,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCB5

secondary

#CC9EA1

accent

#545CD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCB5

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

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