#52BDAD#52BDAD

#52BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDAD
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -34.62, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 34.64, 181.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.1013 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.101 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2167, 41.2033, 45.9404)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDAD #BD5262

analogous

#52BD77 #52BDAD #5297BD

triadic

#52BDAD #AD52BD #BDAD52

tetradic

#52BDAD #7752BD #BD5262 #97BD52

square

#52BDAD #7752BD #BD5262 #97BD52

split-complementary

#52BDAD #BD5297 #BD7752

monochromatic

#296C62 #3A988A #52BDAD #7ECEC2 #ABDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#52BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#52BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDAD

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDAD	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c5',
    500: '#52bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdad;
$custom-light: #8dd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.028,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73145,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDAD

secondary

#CC9EA5

accent

#5367D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDAD

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

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