#52BCBE#52BCBE

#52BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.097 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCBE
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -29.62, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 31.33, 199.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0928 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.097 197)
XYZ	xyz(30.7532, 41.4749, 55.0900)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCBE #BE5452

analogous

#52BE8A #52BCBE #5286BE

triadic

#52BCBE #BE52BC #BCBE52

tetradic

#52BCBE #8A52BE #BE5452 #86BE52

square

#52BCBE #8A52BE #BE5452 #86BE52

split-complementary

#52BCBE #BE5286 #BE8A52

monochromatic

#296B6D #3A9799 #52BCBE #7ECDCF #ABDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#52BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#52BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCBE

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCBE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.097 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0d1',
    500: '#52bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcbe;
$custom-light: #8dd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7346,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.41478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCBE

secondary

#CDA09F

accent

#5553D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCBE

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

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