#52BDBE#52BDBE

#52BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDBE
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -30.10, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 31.65, 197.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0938 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.098 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9676, 41.9036, 55.1614)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDBE #BE5352

analogous

#52BE89 #52BDBE #5287BE

triadic

#52BDBE #BE52BD #BDBE52

tetradic

#52BDBE #8952BE #BE5352 #87BE52

square

#52BDBE #8952BE #BE5352 #87BE52

split-complementary

#52BDBE #BE5287 #BE8952

monochromatic

#296C6D #3A9899 #52BDBE #7ECECF #ABDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#52BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#52BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDBE

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDBE	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1d1',
    500: '#52bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdbe;
$custom-light: #8ed1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.556,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.737,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDBE

secondary

#CD9F9F

accent

#5453D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDBE

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

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