#52BC9E#52BC9E

#52BC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BC9E
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -37.87, 6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 38.35, 170.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.107 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.108 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6316, 40.2263, 38.6494)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BC9E #BC5270

analogous

#52BC69 #52BC9E #52A5BC

triadic

#52BC9E #9E52BC #BC9E52

tetradic

#52BC9E #6952BC #BC5270 #A5BC52

square

#52BC9E #6952BC #BC5270 #A5BC52

split-complementary

#52BC9E #BC52A5 #BC6952

monochromatic

#296A58 #3A977C #52BC9E #7ECDB7 #AADECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#52BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#52BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BC9E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BC9E	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ba',
    500: '#52bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bc9e;
$custom-light: #8cd1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.019,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72459,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BC9E

secondary

#CC9EAB

accent

#5478D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BC9E

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

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