#52C5CE#52C5CE

#52C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.103 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C5CE
RGB	rgb(82, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -29.52, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 32.77, 205.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0956 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.103 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5818, 46.1790, 65.4715)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C5CE #CE5B52

analogous

#52CE99 #52C5CE #5287CE

triadic

#52C5CE #CE52C5 #C5CE52

tetradic

#52C5CE #9952CE #CE5B52 #87CE52

square

#52C5CE #9952CE #CE5B52 #87CE52

split-complementary

#52C5CE #CE5287 #CE9952

monochromatic

#257A81 #32A8B1 #52C5CE #82D5DC #B1E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#52C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#52C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C5CE

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C5CE	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.103 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7dd',
    500: '#52c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c5ce;
$custom-light: #90d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.355,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C5CE

secondary

#D7A8A4

accent

#5449DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C5CE

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

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