#52C9CA#52C9CA

#52C9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C9CA
RGB	rgb(82, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -32.56, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 34.20, 197.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.1015 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.106 196)
XYZ	xyz(35.0224, 47.8277, 63.2516)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C9CA #CA5352

analogous

#52CA8F #52C9CA #528DCA

triadic

#52C9CA #CA52C9 #C9CA52

tetradic

#52C9CA #8F52CA #CA5352 #8DCA52

square

#52C9CA #8F52CA #CA5352 #8DCA52

split-complementary

#52C9CA #CA528D #CA8F52

monochromatic

#267B7C #34AAAB #52C9CA #81D8D8 #B0E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#52C9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#52C9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C9CA

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C9CA	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dada',
    500: '#52c9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c9ca;
$custom-light: #90dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7698,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.47831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C9CA

secondary

#D5A3A3

accent

#4D4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C9CA

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

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