#52BDCD#52BDCD

#52BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDCD
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -25.87, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 31.11, 213.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0876 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.1 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6922, 42.5935, 64.2442)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDCD #CD6252

analogous

#52CDA0 #52BDCD #5280CD

triadic

#52BDCD #CD52BD #BDCD52

tetradic

#52BDCD #A052CD #CD6252 #80CD52

square

#52BDCD #A052CD #CD6252 #80CD52

split-complementary

#52BDCD #CD5280 #CDA052

monochromatic

#257480 #339FAF #52BDCD #81CFDB #B1E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#52BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#52BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDCD

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDCD	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1dc',
    500: '#52bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdcd;
$custom-light: #8fd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.805,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74239,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDCD

secondary

#D7ABA4

accent

#5D49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDCD

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

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