#52BCCE#52BCCE

#52BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.100 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BCCE
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -25.08, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 31.00, 215.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0861 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.1 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5989, 42.2132, 64.8105)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BCCE #CE6452

analogous

#52CEA2 #52BCCE #527ECE

triadic

#52BCCE #CE52BC #BCCE52

tetradic

#52BCCE #A252CE #CE6452 #7ECE52

square

#52BCCE #A252CE #CE6452 #7ECE52

split-complementary

#52BCCE #CE527E #CEA252

monochromatic

#257481 #329EB1 #52BCCE #82CEDC #B1E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#52BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#52BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BCCE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BCCE	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.100 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0dd',
    500: '#52bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bcce;
$custom-light: #8fd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7404,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BCCE

secondary

#D7ACA4

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BCCE

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

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