#52BCBA#52BCBA

#52BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.097 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCBA
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -30.71, -8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 31.79, 194.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0945 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.097 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3220, 41.3024, 52.8190)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCBA #BC5254

analogous

#52BC85 #52BCBA #5289BC

triadic

#52BCBA #BA52BC #BCBA52

tetradic

#52BCBA #8552BC #BC5254 #89BC52

square

#52BCBA #8552BC #BC5254 #89BC52

split-complementary

#52BCBA #BC5289 #BC8552

monochromatic

#296A69 #3A9795 #52BCBA #7ECDCC #AADEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#52BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#52BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCBA

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCBA	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.097 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ce',
    500: '#52bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcba;
$custom-light: #8dd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73323,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCBA

secondary

#CC9E9F

accent

#5456D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCBA

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

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