#52C9DB#52C9DB

#52C9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.108 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52C9DB
RGB	rgb(82, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -27.75, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 33.56, 214.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0945 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.108 209)
XYZ	xyz(37.1472, 48.6777, 74.4421)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52C9DB #DB6452

analogous

#52DBA9 #52C9DB #5285DB

triadic

#52C9DB #DB52C9 #C9DB52

tetradic

#52C9DB #A952DB #DB6452 #85DB52

square

#52C9DB #A952DB #DB6452 #85DB52

split-complementary

#52C9DB #DB5285 #DBA952

monochromatic

#1F8494 #29B2C6 #52C9DB #85D9E6 #B7E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#52C9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#52C9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52C9DB

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52C9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52C9DB	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52c9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.108 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9e6',
    500: '#52c9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52c9db;
$custom-light: #91d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52c9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.883,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77589,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.48682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52C9DB

secondary

#DFB1AA

accent

#563FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #52C9DB

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

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