#52BCC8#52BCC8

#52BCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.098 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCC8
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -26.81, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 30.83, 209.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0886 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.098 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8839, 41.9272, 61.0448)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCC8 #C85E52

analogous

#52C899 #52BCC8 #5281C8

triadic

#52BCC8 #C852BC #BCC852

tetradic

#52BCC8 #9952C8 #C85E52 #81C852

square

#52BCC8 #9952C8 #C85E52 #81C852

split-complementary

#52BCC8 #C85281 #C89952

monochromatic

#277179 #359CA8 #52BCC8 #80CED7 #AFE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#52BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#52BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCC8

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCC8	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.098 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d8',
    500: '#52bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcc8;
$custom-light: #8ed0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73817,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCC8

secondary

#D4A7A2

accent

#5B4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCC8

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

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