#52BDBC#52BDBC

#52BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.098 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDBC
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -30.65, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 31.88, 195.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0947 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.098 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7505, 41.8168, 54.0181)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDBC #BD5253

analogous

#52BD86 #52BDBC #5288BD

triadic

#52BDBC #BC52BD #BDBC52

tetradic

#52BDBC #8652BD #BD5253 #88BD52

square

#52BDBC #8652BD #BD5253 #88BD52

split-complementary

#52BDBC #BD5288 #BD8652

monochromatic

#296C6B #3A9897 #52BDBC #7ECECD #ABDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#52BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#52BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDBC

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDBC	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.098 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1d0',
    500: '#52bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdbc;
$custom-light: #8dd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.439,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73632,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDBC

secondary

#CC9E9F

accent

#5355D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDBC

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

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