#52BC9C#52BC9C

#52BC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BC9C
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -38.34, 7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 38.99, 169.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.108 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.109 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4608, 40.1580, 37.7501)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BC9C #BC5272

analogous

#52BC67 #52BC9C #52A7BC

triadic

#52BC9C #9C52BC #BC9C52

tetradic

#52BC9C #6752BC #BC5272 #A7BC52

square

#52BC9C #6752BC #BC5272 #A7BC52

split-complementary

#52BC9C #BC52A7 #BC6752

monochromatic

#296A57 #3A977B #52BC9C #7ECDB5 #AADECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#52BC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#52BC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BC9C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BC9C	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b9',
    500: '#52bc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bc9c;
$custom-light: #8cd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.887,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72403,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BC9C

secondary

#CC9EAC

accent

#547BD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BC9C

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

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