#52BDAE#52BDAE

#52BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDAE
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -34.36, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 34.40, 182.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1009 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.101 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3139, 41.2421, 46.4519)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDAE #BD5261

analogous

#52BD78 #52BDAE #5296BD

triadic

#52BDAE #AE52BD #BDAE52

tetradic

#52BDAE #7852BD #BD5261 #96BD52

square

#52BDAE #7852BD #BD5261 #96BD52

split-complementary

#52BDAE #BD5296 #BD7852

monochromatic

#296C62 #3A988B #52BDAE #7ECEC3 #ABDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#52BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#52BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDAE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDAE	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1c6',
    500: '#52bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdae;
$custom-light: #8dd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.589,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73176,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDAE

secondary

#CC9EA5

accent

#5365D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDAE

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

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