#52D8DC#52D8DC

#52D8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.115 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52D8DC
RGB	rgb(82, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -34.66, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 36.94, 200.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.1094 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.115 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9482, 56.0684, 76.3605)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52D8DC #DC5652

analogous

#52DC9B #52D8DC #5293DC

triadic

#52D8DC #DC52D8 #D8DC52

tetradic

#52D8DC #9B52DC #DC5652 #93DC52

square

#52D8DC #9B52DC #DC5652 #93DC52

split-complementary

#52D8DC #DC5293 #DC9B52

monochromatic

#1E9295 #29C4C8 #52D8DC #85E3E6 #B8EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#52D8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#52D8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52D8DC

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52D8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52D8DC	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52d8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.115 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4e6',
    500: '#52d8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52d8dc;
$custom-light: #93e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52d8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81151,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52D8DC

secondary

#9A3B38

accent

#433FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #52D8DC

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

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