#52BCBC#52BCBC

#52BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCBC
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -30.17, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 31.54, 196.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0936 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.097 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5361, 41.3881, 53.9466)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCBC #BC5252

analogous

#52BC87 #52BCBC #5287BC

triadic

#52BCBC #BC52BC #BCBC52

tetradic

#52BCBC #8752BC #BC5252 #87BC52

square

#52BCBC #8752BC #BC5252 #87BC52

split-complementary

#52BCBC #BC5287 #BC8752

monochromatic

#296A6A #3A9797 #52BCBC #7ECDCD #AADEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#52BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#52BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCBC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCBC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0d0',
    500: '#52bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcbc;
$custom-light: #8dd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73391,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCBC

secondary

#CC9E9E

accent

#5454D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCBC

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

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