#52BCBF#52BCBF

#52BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.097 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCBF
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -29.34, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 31.24, 200.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0923 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.097 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8629, 41.5188, 55.6676)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCBF #BF5552

analogous

#52BF8B #52BCBF #5285BF

triadic

#52BCBF #BF52BC #BCBF52

tetradic

#52BCBF #8B52BF #BF5552 #85BF52

square

#52BCBF #8B52BF #BF5552 #85BF52

split-complementary

#52BCBF #BF5285 #BF8B52

monochromatic

#296C6E #39989B #52BCBF #7FCDD0 #ABDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#52BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#52BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCBF

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCBF	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)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.097 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d2',
    500: '#52bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcbf;
$custom-light: #8ed0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73495,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCBF

secondary

#CEA09F

accent

#5652D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCBF

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

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