#52BDC4#52BDC4

#52BDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDC4
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -28.44, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 31.18, 204.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0913 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.098 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6369, 42.1714, 58.6865)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDC4 #C45952

analogous

#52C492 #52BDC4 #5284C4

triadic

#52BDC4 #C452BD #BDC452

tetradic

#52BDC4 #9252C4 #C45952 #84C452

square

#52BDC4 #9252C4 #C45952 #84C452

split-complementary

#52BDC4 #C45284 #C49252

monochromatic

#286F74 #379BA2 #52BDC4 #80CED4 #ADE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#52BDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#52BDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDC4

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDC4	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1d5',
    500: '#52bdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdc4;
$custom-light: #8ed1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.684,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDC4

secondary

#D1A4A1

accent

#584FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDC4

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

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