#52D5E5#52D5E5

#52D5E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.115 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52D5E5
RGB	rgb(82, 213, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -30.70, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 35.83, 211.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.1026 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.115 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4108, 55.0350, 82.5539)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52D5E5 #E56252

analogous

#52E5AC #52D5E5 #528BE5

triadic

#52D5E5 #E552D5 #D5E552

tetradic

#52D5E5 #AC52E5 #E56252 #8BE552

square

#52D5E5 #AC52E5 #E56252 #8BE552

split-complementary

#52D5E5 #E5528B #E5AC52

monochromatic

#1995A4 #21C5D9 #52D5E5 #87E2ED #BCEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#52D5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#52D5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52D5E5

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52D5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52D5E5	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52d5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 213, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.115 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2ed',
    500: '#52d5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52d5e5;
$custom-light: #93e2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52d5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.531,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80767,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52D5E5

secondary

#A64135

accent

#2510D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #52D5E5

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

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