#52BDA9#52BDA9

#52BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDA9
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -35.63, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 35.64, 178.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.1031 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.103 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8355, 41.0508, 43.9324)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDA9 #BD5266

analogous

#52BD73 #52BDA9 #529BBD

triadic

#52BDA9 #A952BD #BDA952

tetradic

#52BDA9 #7352BD #BD5266 #9BBD52

square

#52BDA9 #7352BD #BD5266 #9BBD52

split-complementary

#52BDA9 #BD529B #BD7352

monochromatic

#296C5F #3A9886 #52BDA9 #7ECEBF #ABDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#52BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#52BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDA9

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDA9	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1c2',
    500: '#52bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bda9;
$custom-light: #8cd1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.785,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDA9

secondary

#CC9EA7

accent

#536BD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDA9

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

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