#52BFBC#52BFBC

#52BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BFBC
RGB	rgb(82, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -31.61, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 32.58, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0969 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.099 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1837, 42.6831, 54.1625)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BFBC #BF5255

analogous

#52BF85 #52BFBC #528BBF

triadic

#52BFBC #BC52BF #BFBC52

tetradic

#52BFBC #8552BF #BF5255 #8BBF52

square

#52BFBC #8552BF #BF5255 #8BBF52

split-complementary

#52BFBC #BF528B #BF8552

monochromatic

#296E6C #399B98 #52BFBC #7FD0CD #ABE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#52BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#52BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BFBC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BFBC	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d0',
    500: '#52bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bfbc;
$custom-light: #8ed2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.349,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74112,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BFBC

secondary

#CE9FA0

accent

#5256D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BFBC

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

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