#52BCC5#52BCC5

#52BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCC5
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -27.66, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 30.88, 206.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0898 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5367, 41.7883, 59.2165)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCC5 #C55B52

analogous

#52C595 #52BCC5 #5282C5

triadic

#52BCC5 #C552BC #BCC552

tetradic

#52BCC5 #9552C5 #C55B52 #82C552

square

#52BCC5 #9552C5 #C55B52 #82C552

split-complementary

#52BCC5 #C55282 #C59552

monochromatic

#276F75 #379BA3 #52BCC5 #80CED4 #AEE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#52BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#52BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCC5

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCC5	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d6',
    500: '#52bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcc5;
$custom-light: #8ed0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.696,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73708,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCC5

secondary

#D2A5A1

accent

#594ED9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCC5

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

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