#52BDC8#52BDC8

#52BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDC8
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -27.31, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 31.05, 208.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0896 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.099 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0982, 42.3559, 61.1163)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDC8 #C85D52

analogous

#52C898 #52BDC8 #5282C8

triadic

#52BDC8 #C852BD #BDC852

tetradic

#52BDC8 #9852C8 #C85D52 #82C852

square

#52BDC8 #9852C8 #C85D52 #82C852

split-complementary

#52BDC8 #C85282 #C89852

monochromatic

#277179 #359DA8 #52BDC8 #80CFD7 #AFE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#52BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#52BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDC8

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDC8	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1d8',
    500: '#52bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdc8;
$custom-light: #8ed1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74054,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDC8

secondary

#D4A7A2

accent

#5A4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDC8

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

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