#52BDBF#52BDBF

#52BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDBF
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -29.83, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 31.55, 199.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0934 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.098 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0772, 41.9475, 55.7390)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDBF #BF5452

analogous

#52BF8A #52BDBF #5286BF

triadic

#52BDBF #BF52BD #BDBF52

tetradic

#52BDBF #8A52BF #BF5452 #86BF52

square

#52BDBF #8A52BF #BF5452 #86BF52

split-complementary

#52BDBF #BF5286 #BF8A52

monochromatic

#296D6E #39999B #52BDBF #7FCED0 #ABDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#52BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#52BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDBF

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDBF	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1d2',
    500: '#52bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdbf;
$custom-light: #8ed1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.101,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.09766,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDBF

secondary

#CEA09F

accent

#5552D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDBF

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

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