#52BCC9#52BCC9

#52BCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCC9
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -26.53, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 30.84, 210.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0882 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.098 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0011, 41.9741, 61.6623)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCC9 #C95F52

analogous

#52C99B #52BCC9 #5280C9

triadic

#52BCC9 #C952BC #BCC952

tetradic

#52BCC9 #9B52C9 #C95F52 #80C952

square

#52BCC9 #9B52C9 #C95F52 #80C952

split-complementary

#52BCC9 #C95280 #C99B52

monochromatic

#26717A #359CA9 #52BCC9 #81CED8 #AFE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#52BCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#52BCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCC9

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCC9	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0d9',
    500: '#52bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcc9;
$custom-light: #8ed0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73853,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCC9

secondary

#D4A8A3

accent

#5C4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCC9

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

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