#52BDB8#52BDB8

#52BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.098 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDB8
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -31.73, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 32.44, 192.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0964 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.098 191)
XYZ	xyz(30.3253, 41.6467, 51.7786)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDB8 #BD5257

analogous

#52BD82 #52BDB8 #528CBD

triadic

#52BDB8 #B852BD #BDB852

tetradic

#52BDB8 #8252BD #BD5257 #8CBD52

square

#52BDB8 #8252BD #BD5257 #8CBD52

split-complementary

#52BDB8 #BD528C #BD8252

monochromatic

#296C68 #3A9893 #52BDB8 #7ECECA #ABDFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#52BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#52BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDB8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDB8	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.098 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1cd',
    500: '#52bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdb8;
$custom-light: #8dd1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.196,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73497,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.4165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDB8

secondary

#CC9EA0

accent

#5359D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDB8

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

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