#52BEC5#52BEC5

#52BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BEC5
RGB	rgb(82, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -28.65, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 31.39, 204.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.092 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9669, 42.6487, 59.3599)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BEC5 #C55952

analogous

#52C593 #52BEC5 #5285C5

triadic

#52BEC5 #C552BE #BEC552

tetradic

#52BEC5 #9352C5 #C55952 #85C552

square

#52BEC5 #9352C5 #C55952 #85C552

split-complementary

#52BEC5 #C55285 #C59352

monochromatic

#277175 #379DA3 #52BEC5 #80CFD4 #AEE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#52BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#52BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BEC5

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BEC5	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)

#B1B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d6',
    500: '#52bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bec5;
$custom-light: #8ed2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.652,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74184,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BEC5

secondary

#D2A4A1

accent

#574ED9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BEC5

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

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