#52BDCA#52BDCA

#52BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDCA
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -26.74, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 31.04, 210.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0888 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.099 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3335, 42.4500, 62.3553)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDCA #CA5F52

analogous

#52CA9B #52BDCA #5281CA

triadic

#52BDCA #CA52BD #BDCA52

tetradic

#52BDCA #9B52CA #CA5F52 #81CA52

square

#52BDCA #9B52CA #CA5F52 #81CA52

split-complementary

#52BDCA #CA5281 #CA9B52

monochromatic

#26727C #349EAB #52BDCA #81CFD8 #B0E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#52BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDCA

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDCA	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1da',
    500: '#52bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdca;
$custom-light: #8fd1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74127,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDCA

secondary

#D5A8A3

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDCA

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

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