#52BDCC#52BDCC

#52BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDCC
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -26.16, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 31.08, 212.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.088 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.1 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5718, 42.5453, 63.6105)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDCC #CC6152

analogous

#52CC9E #52BDCC #5280CC

triadic

#52BDCC #CC52BD #BDCC52

tetradic

#52BDCC #9E52CC #CC6152 #80CC52

square

#52BDCC #9E52CC #CC6152 #80CC52

split-complementary

#52BDCC #CC5280 #CC9E52

monochromatic

#25737E #339FAE #52BDCC #81CFDA #B1E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#52BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDCC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDCC	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1db',
    500: '#52bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdcc;
$custom-light: #8fd1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.377,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74202,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDCC

secondary

#D6AAA4

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDCC

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

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