#52CDE3#52CDE3

#52CDE3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.112 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52CDE3
RGB	rgb(82, 205, 227)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -27.39, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 34.52, 217.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0954 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.112 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1703, 50.9983, 80.4375)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52CDE3 #E36852

analogous

#52E3B0 #52CDE3 #5285E3

triadic

#52CDE3 #E352CD #CDE352

tetradic

#52CDE3 #B052E3 #E36852 #85E352

square

#52CDE3 #B052E3 #E36852 #85E352

split-complementary

#52CDE3 #E35285 #E3B052

monochromatic

#1A8CA1 #23BAD5 #52CDE3 #87DCEC #BBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#52CDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#52CDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52CDE3

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52CDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52CDE3	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52cde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 205, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.112 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dceb',
    500: '#52cde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52cde3;
$custom-light: #92dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52cde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.103,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78825,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52CDE3

secondary

#A34636

accent

#2F11D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #52CDE3

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

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