#52BDBA#52BDBA

#52BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.098 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDBA
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -31.19, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 32.14, 193.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0956 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.098 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5364, 41.7312, 52.8905)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDBA #BD5255

analogous

#52BD84 #52BDBA #528ABD

triadic

#52BDBA #BA52BD #BDBA52

tetradic

#52BDBA #8452BD #BD5255 #8ABD52

square

#52BDBA #8452BD #BD5255 #8ABD52

split-complementary

#52BDBA #BD528A #BD8452

monochromatic

#296C6A #3A9895 #52BDBA #7ECECC #ABDFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#52BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#52BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDBA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDBA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.098 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ce',
    500: '#52bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdba;
$custom-light: #8dd1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.318,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDBA

secondary

#CC9EA0

accent

#5357D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDBA

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

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