#52C0CA#52C0CA

#52C0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.100 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C0CA
RGB	rgb(82, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -28.21, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 31.70, 207.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.092 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.1 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9855, 43.7540, 62.5727)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C0CA #CA5C52

analogous

#52CA98 #52C0CA #5284CA

triadic

#52C0CA #CA52C0 #C0CA52

tetradic

#52C0CA #9852CA #CA5C52 #84CA52

square

#52C0CA #9852CA #CA5C52 #84CA52

split-complementary

#52C0CA #CA5284 #CA9852

monochromatic

#26757C #34A1AB #52C0CA #81D1D8 #B0E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#52C0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#52C0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C0CA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C0CA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.100 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3da',
    500: '#52c0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c0ca;
$custom-light: #8fd3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74839,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C0CA

secondary

#D5A7A3

accent

#574BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C0CA

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

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