#52C5CA#52C5CA

#52C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.103 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C5CA
RGB	rgb(82, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -30.65, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 33.00, 201.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0973 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.103 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1020, 45.9871, 62.9449)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C5CA #CA5752

analogous

#52CA93 #52C5CA #5289CA

triadic

#52C5CA #CA52C5 #C5CA52

tetradic

#52C5CA #9352CA #CA5752 #89CA52

square

#52C5CA #9352CA #CA5752 #89CA52

split-complementary

#52C5CA #CA5289 #CA9352

monochromatic

#26787C #34A6AB #52C5CA #81D5D8 #B0E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#52C5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#52C5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C5CA

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C5CA	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.103 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7da',
    500: '#52c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c5ca;
$custom-light: #8fd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76028,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C5CA

secondary

#D5A5A3

accent

#514BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C5CA

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

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