#52C9CC#52C9CC

#52C9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C9CC
RGB	rgb(82, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -32.01, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 34.00, 199.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.1006 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.106 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2607, 47.9231, 64.5068)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C9CC #CC5552

analogous

#52CC92 #52C9CC #528CCC

triadic

#52C9CC #CC52C9 #C9CC52

tetradic

#52C9CC #9252CC #CC5552 #8CCC52

square

#52C9CC #9252CC #CC5552 #8CCC52

split-complementary

#52C9CC #CC528C #CC9252

monochromatic

#257C7E #33ABAE #52C9CC #81D8DA #B1E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#52C9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#52C9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C9CC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C9CC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dadb',
    500: '#52c9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c9cc;
$custom-light: #90dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77049,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C9CC

secondary

#D6A5A4

accent

#4E4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C9CC

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

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