#52B596#52B596

#52B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B596
RGB	rgb(82, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -36.58, 7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 37.26, 169.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.1029 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.105 170)
XYZ	xyz(25.5060, 37.0412, 34.6538)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B596 #B55271

analogous

#52B565 #52B596 #52A3B5

triadic

#52B596 #9652B5 #B59652

tetradic

#52B596 #6552B5 #B55271 #A3B552

square

#52B596 #6552B5 #B55271 #A3B552

split-complementary

#52B596 #B552A3 #B56552

monochromatic

#2A6251 #3C8D74 #52B596 #7DC7B0 #A8DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#52B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#52B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B596

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B596	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccb4',
    500: '#52b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b596;
$custom-light: #8bccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.212,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70506,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.37044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B596

secondary

#C79CA9

accent

#587DD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B596

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

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