#52CACC#52CACC

#52CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.106 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52CACC
RGB	rgb(82, 202, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -32.48, -11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 34.30, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.1017 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.106 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4946, 48.3908, 64.5848)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52CACC #CC5452

analogous

#52CC91 #52CACC #528DCC

triadic

#52CACC #CC52CA #CACC52

tetradic

#52CACC #9152CC #CC5452 #8DCC52

square

#52CACC #9152CC #CC5452 #8DCC52

split-complementary

#52CACC #CC528D #CC9152

monochromatic

#257D7E #33ACAE #52CACC #81D8DA #B1E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#52CACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#52CACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52CACC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52CACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52CACC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.106 196.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77287,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52CACC

secondary

#D6A5A4

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #52CACC

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

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