#52BCB8#52BCB8

#52BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.097 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCB8
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -31.25, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 32.07, 192.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0954 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.097 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1109, 41.2180, 51.7071)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCB8 #BC5256

analogous

#52BC83 #52BCB8 #528BBC

triadic

#52BCB8 #B852BC #BCB852

tetradic

#52BCB8 #8352BC #BC5256 #8BBC52

square

#52BCB8 #8352BC #BC5256 #8BBC52

split-complementary

#52BCB8 #BC528B #BC8352

monochromatic

#296A68 #3A9793 #52BCB8 #7ECDCA #AADEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#52BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#52BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCB8

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCB8	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.097 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0cd',
    500: '#52bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcb8;
$custom-light: #8dd0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73256,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCB8

secondary

#CC9EA0

accent

#5459D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCB8

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

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