#52B997#52B997

#52B997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52B997
RGB	rgb(82, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -38.16, 8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 39.06, 167.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.107 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.109 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4119, 38.7237, 35.3547)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52B997 #B95274

analogous

#52B963 #52B997 #52A8B9

triadic

#52B997 #9752B9 #B99752

tetradic

#52B997 #6352B9 #B95274 #A8B952

square

#52B997 #6352B9 #B95274 #A8B952

split-complementary

#52B997 #B952A8 #B96352

monochromatic

#2A6753 #3B9376 #52B997 #7ECBB1 #A9DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#52B997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#52B997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52B997

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52B997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52B997	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52b997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bceb5',
    500: '#52b997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52b997;
$custom-light: #8bceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52b997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.194,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52B997

secondary

#CA9DAC

accent

#567FD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #52B997

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

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