#52B38E#52B38E

#52B38E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.108 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B38E
RGB	rgb(82, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(157, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 0%, 20.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -37.52, 10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 38.92, 164.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.1044 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.108 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4800, 35.9848, 31.2417)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B38E #B35277

analogous

#52B35D #52B38E #52A7B3

triadic

#52B38E #8E52B3 #B38E52

tetradic

#52B38E #5D52B3 #B35277 #A7B352

square

#52B38E #5D52B3 #B35277 #A7B352

split-complementary

#52B38E #B352A7 #B35D52

monochromatic

#2A604C #3D8B6D #52B38E #7DC6AA #A7D8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#52B38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#52B38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B38E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B38E	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.108 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acaaf',
    500: '#52b38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b38e;
$custom-light: #8acaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.113,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69793,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B38E

secondary

#C69BAB

accent

#5986CF

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B38E

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

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