#52BCBD#52BCBD

#52BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCBD
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -29.89, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 31.43, 198.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0932 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.097 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6443, 41.4313, 54.5163)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCBD #BD5352

analogous

#52BD88 #52BCBD #5286BD

triadic

#52BCBD #BD52BC #BCBD52

tetradic

#52BCBD #8852BD #BD5352 #86BD52

square

#52BCBD #8852BD #BD5352 #86BD52

split-complementary

#52BCBD #BD5286 #BD8852

monochromatic

#296B6C #3A9798 #52BCBD #7ECDCE #ABDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#52BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#52BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCBD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCBD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 196.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73426,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCBD

secondary

#CC9F9E

accent

#5553D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCBD

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

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