#52BDCE#52BDCE

#52BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BDCE
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -25.58, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 31.15, 214.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0872 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.1 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8133, 42.6419, 64.8820)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BDCE #CE6352

analogous

#52CEA1 #52BDCE #527FCE

triadic

#52BDCE #CE52BD #BDCE52

tetradic

#52BDCE #A152CE #CE6352 #7FCE52

square

#52BDCE #A152CE #CE6352 #7FCE52

split-complementary

#52BDCE #CE527F #CEA152

monochromatic

#257481 #329FB1 #52BDCE #82CFDC #B1E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#52BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#52BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BDCE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BDCE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1dd',
    500: '#52bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bdce;
$custom-light: #8fd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.226,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74277,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BDCE

secondary

#D7ABA4

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BDCE

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

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